Re: (ASCEND) Max 6000

[james <zhz@public1.sta.net.cn>]

Hi Andy,

	We are pleased with MAX6000 under heay load:

	now we have 4 max6000s, each with 4 E1/PRI 96 modems and stack together
for ISDN hybrid access. with software 7.0.4, I can see one
box handle about 110B channels no problem.

regards/james




At 22:22 99-4-28 -0400, Andy Dills wrote:
>
>We're in the process of purchasing a rival ISP and we will need to greatly
>expand our number of dialup ports, to the tune of 9 PRIs. 
>
>We like the Ascend MAX family, and would like to go with the 6000's. 
>However, I really would like to hear people's experiences with this unit,
>specifically with regards to how it handles when there are 92 sessions    
>going (I'm not a fan of NFAS), while running OSPF and stacking.
>
>I'd love to be able to run it in this configuration, but I'm afraid that
>instead of purchasing 3 6096's (and having 3 free PRI ports on the last   
>max), I should buy 1 6096, 2 6048s, and 3 8-port modem cards (thus 
>allowing me to redistribute the cards such that each box had 72 ports in  
>it.) I _know_ it will handle 72 concurrent sessions, but will it handle   
>92?                  
>
>Thanks in advance,       
>Andy
>
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