RE: (ASCEND) COMPLETE BULLSHIT

["Troy Settle" <st@i-Plus.net>]

No, a seperate prolem caused me to have to swap out a 2501 for the 3620
temporarily, and I've never gotten around to switching them back (was going
to mention that originally, but figured it best to leave it to your
imagination :)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-ascend-users@max.bungi.com
> [mailto:owner-ascend-users@max.bungi.com]On Behalf Of Jim Jones, Jr.
> Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 12:48 AM
> To: ascend-users@max.bungi.com
> Subject: Re: (ASCEND) COMPLETE BULLSHIT
>
>
> 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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