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Re: (ASCEND) P75 Software. Where is 6.1.7 ??



>From: Rob Myers <rmyers@unicom.net>
>I just got a new P-50 in to program for one of our customers that was
>loaded with 6.1.7...  Get this, it came from the factory installed b2a.p75
>on it (IP + Appletalk) yet all of the options for IP, Appletalk, and
>IPX(!!) all appeared to work.  (I thought you could have your Appletalk or
>your IPX but not both at the same time...)

As you see, the a load also includes IPX (for no particular reason other
than Ascend doesn't need to keep track of yet another load?).

>What benefits do you have using b2i?  Less processor overhead?  Maybe I
>can put more NAT users on there or something...
>>
>> b2   is IP/IPX routing
>> b2i  is IP routing only
>> b2a  is IP + Appletalk support
>> b2ix is IP + X.25 support

The i load is 10% smaller on disk than the AppleTalk load:

b2a.p75 516448 bytes
b2i.p75 465971 bytes

Presumably, the i load also _runs_ in less RAM. We've all heard people on
the list complaining of errors, especially when altering firewalls. Perhaps
this sort of problem occurs less under an i load.

In any event, less is always more, especially when we're talking lines of
code. If it ain't there it can't break.

Peter Lalor           Infoasis
plalor@infoasis.com   http://www.infoasis.com/
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