January 2000 - USR-TC - mailman.xmission.com

(usr-tc) snmp management question
by Chris Hanes 25 Jan '00

25 Jan '00

What kind of approaches are people taking to managing their total control units? I know MRTG is popular and that there are many perl scripts out there to analyze syslogs. What tools beyond this do administrators typically use? Also, what are the usual variables, people are using MRTG to track? Currently, I just track bandwidth usage, modem line states, total modem utilization, ping times. I'm wondering what things I'm missing that I should be tracking. Thanks, Chris Hanes Network Admin Internet Connections - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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(usr-tc) Quad ana/dig modem not taking calls (another case of)
by Dan Borlovan 25 Jan '00

25 Jan '00

Hello, I have a totalcontrol chassis with the following cards: - 1 dual e1/cas - 8 digital quad modems - 6 analog/digital quad modems - 1 hiper arc - 1 hiper nmc (p5nmc) All cards have at least tcs3.5 software Modem signal source is pritdm. The dual/e1 card recognizes the modem cards. I have 2 E1 (30 channels) active. The problem is that the ana/dig modems do not take calls. All modems (both dig and ana/dig) have the same configuration. What seems to happen: - a call arives; the dual/e1 tries to communicate with the modem (status is 'dialling-in'); after about 10s failes and the caller gets a busy signal from the telco. Meantime modem shows no reaction (doesn't go off-hook) What was tried: - software reset, hardware reset, chassis powerdown/powerup - reinserting modem cards - chaging modem cards - changing modem source from pritdm to nic, inserting an analog line and making a call works - so the modem and the harc are fine - swapping slot positions for dig and ana/dig modems - the dig modems take calls, the ana/dig don't The same configuration seems to work in other places using same hardware. If you have any suggestion, I'll be glad to try. If needed I can provide debug from the dual/e1 card (the ctrl/d menu), just tell me which debug options to enable. Thanks, Dan -- Dan Borlovan <danb(a)dnttm.ro> System Administrator, Network Operation Center Dynamic Network Technologies - Timisoara, Romania Telefon: +40-56-204967 FAX: +40-56-220201 - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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(usr-tc) Modem ratio
by Greg owens 25 Jan '00

25 Jan '00

We have found that here in L.A. (Lower Arkansas) about the best we can run is a 6.2/1 and not have busys. This seems to be the norm for Sept thru May. During the summer months our usage drops dramatically due to people being outdoors later, involved with summer activities etc. During these months our ratio can go as high as 7.5/1 When we first went in business other ISP's kept telling us as you get more and more customers that ratio will increase. Well it really hasn't changed much since getting our first couple hundred users. If anything it may have droped Greg Owens Magnolia Internet Services http://www.magnolia-net.com

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RE: (usr-tc) Equipment List Confirmation
by S O Okeyo 25 Jan '00

25 Jan '00

Thank you Albert, I'll contact the list owner. I do not understand what you mean by "set your e:mail to put your e:mail address in your post". Please explain. And how do I do it? regards Okeyo. At 09:29 AM 1/24/00 -0800, you wrote: >Christopher Knight [chris(a)isp-lists.com] > >the address above is to the owner to the list you ask about,you may want to >write him? >and on another note please set your email to put your email address in your >post. > >albert. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: owner-usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com >> [mailto:owner-usr-tc@lists.xmission.com]On Behalf Of S O Okeyo >> Sent: Monday, January 24, 2000 12:10 PM >> To: usr-tc(a)lists.xmission.com >> Subject: (usr-tc) Equipment List Confirmation >> >> >> I am unable to mail confirmation message to the equipment list >> administrator. I have typed OK ####### (identification number) on Subject >> line without success. Can someone help please! >> >> Okeyo >> >> >> - >> To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" >> with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. >> For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send >> "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. >> > > >- > To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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Re: (usr-tc) HiPerDSP stops at 21
by K Mitchell 25 Jan '00

25 Jan '00

At , David Swearingin wrote: >I have one HiPER DSP that has 21 active calls and then returns a busy signal, >even though there should be three more modems available. Any suggestions as >to why this is happening? Sounds like you've got the "hung modem pair" syndrome. If you can figure out which modems are hung, soft busy them out through TCM to rool the calls to your next DSP. What I do then is wiat till off-peak and soft busy the rest of the card then reboot it once all callers are off of it. -- Kirk Mitchell-General Manager mitch(a)keyconn.net Keystone Connect Unlock Your World Altoona, PA 814-941-5000/886-2500 http://www.keyconn.net - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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(usr-tc) HiPerDSP stops at 21
by david＠carolnet.com 25 Jan '00

25 Jan '00

I have one HiPER DSP that has 21 active calls and then returns a busy signal, even though there should be three more modems available. Any suggestions as to why this is happening? David - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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(usr-tc) Attributes needed
by Brian 25 Jan '00

25 Jan '00

Does anyone have these definitions they can send me from a dictionary? Mon Jan 24 15:44:06 2000: ERR: Attribute number 39000 (vendor 429) is not defined in your dictionary Mon Jan 24 15:44:07 2000: ERR: Attribute number 39049 (vendor 429) is not defined in your dictionary Mon Jan 24 15:44:08 2000: ERR: Attribute number 38998 (vendor 429) is not defined in your dictionary Mon Jan 24 15:44:18 2000: ERR: Attribute number 39001 (vendor 429) is not defined in your dictionary Mon Jan 24 15:44:18 2000: ERR: Attribute number 39051 (vendor 429) is not defined in your dictionary These are new attributes that weren't reporting in 4.1.59-6, now we switched to .22, and just trying to track these down. Thanks. Brian ----------------------------------------------------- Brian Feeny (BF304) signal(a)shreve.net 318-222-2638 x 109 http://www.shreve.net/~signal Network Administrator ShreveNet Inc. (ASN 11881) - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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(usr-tc) Trunk Side vs. Line Side
by Jason W. 25 Jan '00

25 Jan '00

Does anyone know if there are other problems/issues with Line Side CT1's besides the additional digital to analog conversion. I know that this will disallow 33.6+ connections, will it cause other problems as well? Thanks! ***************************************** Jason Watkins jaslist(a)iland.net I-Land NOC Tech http://www.iland.net ***************************************** Fast, Dependable Access! ***************************************** - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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(usr-tc) Equipment List Confirmation
by S O Okeyo 24 Jan '00

24 Jan '00

I am unable to mail confirmation message to the equipment list administrator. I have typed OK ####### (identification number) on Subject line without success. Can someone help please! Okeyo - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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(usr-tc) SNMP response times...
by Steve Creel 24 Jan '00

24 Jan '00

When I pull SNMP info off of the NMC, the response is relatively quick, and definately livable. However, when I try to pull stuff from the hiperarc or netserver cards, it takes -forever-. Is there anything I can do to speed up the arc/ns responses? Is there a misconfiguration that could be causing the lagged response? Thx. ___________________________________________________________ Steve Creel Nothin But Net, LLC. screel(a)nothinbut.net - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo(a)xmission.com" with "unsubscribe usr-tc" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message.

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