From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Mar 9 16:40:12 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id QAA24916 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:40:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from misery.sdf.com (misery.sdf.com [204.244.210.193]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id QAA24911 for ; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:40:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from misery.sdf.com [204.244.213.33] by misery.sdf.com with smtp (Exim 1.59 #1) id 0w3t83-0001D0-00; Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:39:51 -0800 Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 16:39:50 -0800 (PST) From: Tom Samplonius To: mnewton cc: hackers Subject: Re: Ascend max problem router hangs In-Reply-To: <332347AD.958@newland.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sun, 9 Mar 1997, mnewton wrote: > It looks like there is a problem with Ascend routers that they > stop transmitting data at certain points in time. As a fix (as noted in > some other user-group email) id to ping every 30 secs across the router > to the connected pc's. This is a workaround > but files can now be transmitted 100 % > I have sent info to ascend but apparnetly others have too. > Ascend haven't been able to find the problem. > ( > Any one with TCP background looking for a job mail resume > to support@ascend.com) This is a FreeBSD list, not the ascend-bitch list, but... I've had my share of troubles with the MAX series, and things have been very smooth since it was replaced with a Livingston PM3. The PM3 doesn't have as many features (yet), but it at least it is pretty reliable, and Livingston has a free 56k modem upgrade plan. Tom