Re: (ASCEND) Little NAT problem on a P50

["Gary Stern" <cairns@cairns.net.au>]

On Fri, 15 Oct 1999 09:01:15 -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote:

>Gary Stern wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:53:48 -0500, Keith G. Murphy wrote:
>> 
>> >Gary Stern wrote:
>> >>
>> >> For the first time I am actually sitting behind a p50 running and
>> >> being annoyed to hell with things like telnet & ftp dropping out
>> >> after around an hour.
>> >>
>> >> We are not actually using dhcp on the machines effected (mm I could
>> >> try that) although the p50 is set up as a server.
>> >>
>> >> The actual link is not dropping & is running a MP session into a
>> >> tigris which I would luv to know a compatible stac type compression
>> >> to use....
>> >>
>> >> Funny thing, It was happening previously and I seemed to clear the
>> >> problem someway I don't know what I did :-(
>> >>
>> >> I had to change the ip address of the wan interface and then bingo
>> >> the problem reocurred.
>> >>
>> >What revision level are you on?  We're running NAT on a P75 using 6.0.6,
>> >and it's the best and most reliable (very) we've ever had it.
>> >
>> >More setup details might be useful, as well.
>> 
>> Probably one important bit I have been able to determine.....
>> 
>> It seems that the maximum time I can hold a single session (say
>> telnet) is 1 hour from immediately after a previous session drop.
>> 
>> Why 1 hour, I'll be damned if I know, I have looked in the config for
>> anything being 1 hour, 3600 seconds or anything near to that... nope
>> cant find anything... help please !!
>> 
>You are *doing* something with the ftp or telnet sessions when they drop
>out, right?  I mean, it's not an idle timer somewhere, is it?  Is this
>to an ISP or your own equipment?

You bet we are doing something and they can be running the link at
100% in both directions !!

I have taken phil's suggestion and turned it back to MPP with a base
channel count of 2. I really cant see why that you make any
difference, but have done it anyway... it cant hurt :-)

Gary

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