Re: (ASCEND) COMPLETE BULLSHIT

["Jim Jones, Jr." <jimslists@arcomcontrols.com>]

Does this guy own stock in Cisco, or something?


----- Original Message -----
From: Troy Settle <st@i-Plus.net>
To: <ascend-users@max.bungi.com>
Sent: Monday, October 11, 1999 8:52 PM
Subject: (ASCEND) COMPLETE BULLSHIT


>
> This is complete bullshit.
>
> I've got a remote POP that consists of the following:
>
> 1 Cisco 3620
> 1 Max 6096
> 2 Max 4048's
> 1 Max 4004
> 2 Pipeline 50's
> 1 Homebrew FreeBSD box
>
> Now, out of all these machines, the damn 6096 insists on completely
*LOSING*
> it's ethernet connectivity.  I mean NOTHING gets passed on the lan.  Out
of
> ~380 million packets moved across the ethernet interface, there are only
~6
> million reported collisions.  A collision rate of <2%, so I think it's
safe
> to rule out the media, hubs, and other devices as possible culprits.
>
> The quick, temporary fix is to go into Ethernet -> Mod Config -> Ether
> Options, and change something... ANYTHING, and *BOOM* the etnernet starts
> working again.
>
> CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE?
>
> The first time this happened, the box was running 6.1.7.
>
> I fought with this for 2 days before I could get it stable again.  In the
> process, the max was flashed with 7.0.22
>
> Now, 43 days later, this shit is starting all over again, and I want some
> friggin answers, but I have to wait 'til morning before I can call the
> idiots at ascend and be placed in their hold queue.  God I hate my life.
>
> Warning to everyone on this list:
>
> Of the 3 6000 machines purchaced, here's a breakdown of how they've
behaved:
>
> 1. Lost config on reboot (I did do an fsave before rebooting)
> 2. Rebooted and came up with a NVRAM checksum error.  Had to RMA
> 3. This god damned ethernet flakeyness
>
> It's really suprising that Lucent chose Ascend as the path for the future
of
> their remote access division.  I almost like the interface.  We depend on
> the radius accounting information.  Compatibility is great.  Performance
> could be improved, but has been satisfactory.  BUT THE DAMN BOXES AREN'T
> RELIABLE FOR SHIT!
>
> Other hardware from ascend that we have a problem with include:
>
>   - modem cards not always initializing on power up.
>   - Max 1800 that has throuput problems
>   - Pipelines that can't do NAT for any length of time
>   - ** Insert problem here **
>
>
> What really sucks a big one, is that when Alcatel bought up Assured
Access,
> they told the AA engineering team that the AA box was to be 100% Ascend
> compatibile within a certain time frame.  Well, I'm told by our friendly
> sales engineer that it's been done, but still the AA doesn't spit out the
> same radius accounting that the Ascend does.
>
> Seems trivial, but over the last 3 years, our entire helpdesk operation is
> built around Ascend's accounting information (which no other NAS I've seen
> comes close to being as detailed).
>
>
> Thanks for listening to me bitch...
>
> --
>   Troy Settle
>   iPlus Internet Services
>
>
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