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modem pool management/monitoring
by Scott M. Trautman 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

Hi-- We've used TSMON, formerly PMMON to poll our dial units for quite a few years. Their software has always had some issues, not entirely of their making, but now they're basically unresponsive so we're to the point where we need to abandon it and find something else. IS there anything else out there that: - knocks off excessive users of same account (multi-logins) - monitors dial pool capacity and asks/boots long users off during peak use periods (within say 2 modems of a full pool for example, ask several users on for >6 hours to drop off for a bit, if no, boot them, keep them off for 15 minutes, then start the 6 hr clock over if they want to get back on) - boot & keep off line campers & the like.... TSMON, as an idea, was perfect, but in practice is too buggy to use for more than the multilogins. Poor coding + oddities in ARC responses = unreliability I get the idea that most ISP's go for more of a state-aware Radius solution - which we're certainly open to - as opposed to Radius being only for authentication & session start parameter setting (filters, IP, other session) I'm curious what else is out there that isn't an arm and a leg. BTW, if it requires ANY Microsoft product (such as SQL Server), no way...Microsoft-free in 2003 is our new motto...open source is vastly preferred.... SMT PS: I wish the TSMON folks would "abandon" their code and make it open source...I can't imagine anyone's paying them anything at this point. Global Dialog Internet Southern Wisconsin www.gdinet.com

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Saving Config Question
by Lee Terrell 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

Hi All, I've got a newer TC1000 chassis I'm working with that I haven't gotten to successfully take any calls yet. In pulling at strings, I thought I would try to find a way to save the configuration of another TC HARC config and compare it to the one I'm working with to look for differences I may have overlooked in the setup. The commworks knowledge base says I should be able to open up TCM and have a save configuration option under File. However I have no such option using 8.2.6. Is there something incredibly simple I'm missing to accomplish this comparison? Thanks for any help/guidance. -Lee

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RE: [USR-TC] NFAS trouble
by Joel - Fox Computers 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

"Stop me if you've heard this one before..." Is it just me, or is it that almost everyone that sets up PRI's with Verizon has problems? Just curious if anyone else noticed that trend. -----Original Message----- From: I. Dwayne Koonce [mailto:dwayne@txcyber.com] Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 10:47 AM To: usr-tc(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: [USR-TC] NFAS trouble We've got a number of PRIs with Verizon that we're trying to switch over to NFAS. The other day, we tried to make the switchover, but after everything was changed over on both sides, the primary and backup D-channels continuously bounced up and down every half-minute or so rather than remaining up. The Verizon tech told me that he was showing a "level 3 protocol error", which to him seemed to be the holy grail of that-proves- it's-your-problem-now-I-don't-have-to-help. The NFAS settings don't give a whole lot of options, so I can't think what I'd be missing--does anyone know what settings I might be unaware of that I need to change? This is what I try setting it to: NFAS Interface Id: 0 on the first DSP, 1 on the second, and so forth... Logical Group: 0 D-channel: primary on the first, backup on the second, none on the others (which is how the telco's supposed to have it set up) NFAS type: NFAS (felt pretty confident about that one :) I also changed the switch type in the trunk settings, because although we are supposedly still plugged into a 5ESS, the Verizon tech said "with NFAS, I can ONLY do NI-2." Any ideas? ____________________________________________________________________________ I. Dwayne Koonce E-mail: dwayne(a)txcyber.com Chief Network Administrator Phone: (979) 268-6800 Cybercom Corporation Fax: (979) 260-2652 ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ USR-TC mailing list USR-TC(a)mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/usr-tc

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FS : European /Australian HiperDSP 30Channel E1 NIC/NAC - cheap!
by Steve Monkhouse 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 We're finally migrating to cisco, so we're selling one of our dsp's... http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11184&item=2 087131975&rd=1 750 Australian Dollars = 432.127 US Dollars Just thought you guys should know, cause its going so cheap... Steve Monkhouse Network Engineer - ------------------------------------ EtherTech Pty. Ltd. Ph : +61-3-9768-2665 Fx : +61-3-9768-2664 http://www.ethertech.com.au - ------------------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 7.1.1 iQA/AwUBPhtg6rzZ2D1wrS2iEQJ3zACeL8S3m9PrFbCO7ACSEBoC3rC1yTQAniyi cp1HAZEjdF9OL3p9+53zYgYf =hO4x -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Upgrading NMC
by Adam Barnhill 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

If you are talking about a pre-HiperNMC then you are attempting to load the wrong file. If you are talking about a post-HiperNMC then you are using the right file. The NMC(333) generally come with 128MB RAM, most of the Pre-HiperNMCs came with 16MB or less. If your NMC has blue levers on it, then it is most likely a NMC(333). http://totalservice.commworks.com/Matrixs/tcsmatrix.cfm is a link to the Software Matrix. What software version do you currently have on the NMC? That in itself might tell you which NMC type you have. If your current version is 7.x.x or less then you have an old nmc. If it's at 8.x.x then it is a newer nmc. -- Adam Barnhill Support Engineer, TotallyFabricated.com Information Technology Engineer, Poplar Bluff Internet, Inc. / Semo.net P.O. Box 190 | Poplar Bluff, MO 63902 | 573.686.9114, <http://www.semo.net/> Home of TotallyFabricated.com the creators of Total Scrutinizer

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modem pool management/monitoring
by Adam Barnhill 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

Have you looked into this yet? Not sure of the specifics, but it might help http://www.systemhog.com/ -- Adam Barnhill Support Engineer, TotallyFabricated.com Information Technology Engineer, Poplar Bluff Internet, Inc. / Semo.net P.O. Box 190 | Poplar Bluff, MO 63902 | 573.686.9114, <http://www.semo.net/> Home of TotallyFabricated.com the creators of Total Scrutinizer

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Upgrading NMC
by I. Dwayne Koonce 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

I have a regular (non-HiPer) NMC which I am trying to upgrade to a more recent firmware. I have what I thought was the correct file for this, hh080703.dmf, but TCM doesn't give me the option of sending that to the card. And I don't have an SDL file, so I can't PCSDL it. Am I missing a file, or do I have the wrong file to start with? (My boss lost the CD it was on, so I can't check the original zip to see if there was an SDL file.) ____________________________________________________________________________ I. Dwayne Koonce E-mail: dwayne(a)txcyber.com Chief Network Administrator Phone: (979) 268-6800 Cybercom Corporation Fax: (979) 260-2652 ____________________________________________________________________________

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HiPer ARC - "user_settings.bad"
by Jim Rettew 07 Jan '03

07 Jan '03

Greetings: I have a "TotalControl" dial in server, running code version 4.2.32-1. When I add a new user from the CLI, "user_settings.cfg" gets updated and a file named: "user_settings.bad" also gets created.. hmmmm? System still works, until reboot. After reboot SPAN config seems intact. IP config is intact because I can still telnet to it... BUT, all users are gone. Any ideas? Thanx.. ...Jim Rettew

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Quad modem question
by Todd Williams 06 Jan '03

06 Jan '03

Hi all, I've got a bunch of Quad modem cards in a TC1000 chassis and was just wondering if there is anybody reading that might have any additional information on the S67 and S68 registers on these. I've searched the archives and the web for info on bits S68.1 and S68.2 that seem to be related to data over voice (DOVBS), but can't find anything else about it. While I can see from the docs that: S67 - Bit-mapped register Controls V.110 connections. Bit Function 0 Enable V.110 fallback while originating or answering, when Modem is set to auto detect. 1 Use a fixed network rate. 2 Fix the network rate at (1:64 Kbps; 0: 56 Kbps). 3 Reserved 4 Reserved 5 Reserved 6 Reserved 7 Reserved S68 - Bit-mapped register. Controls digital connections. Bit Function 0 Prevent analog calls over digital data connections. 1 Reserved 2 Reserved 3 Reserved 4 Disable asynchronous/synchronous PPP. 5 Disable X.75. 6 Disable V.120. 7 Reserved Some of those "reserved" bits seem to be no longer reserved, at least according to the release notes. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Todd Williams Network Admin

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HiPer DSP 30 & Down interfaces
by Sergey Y. Afonin 06 Jan '03

06 Jan '03

Hello. I have a problem with one HiPer DSP. All interfaces on card is down: == HiPer>> li int INTERFACES Interface Oper Admin Name Status Status SLOT:1/CON:1 Up Up <skip> SLOT:6/CON:1 Up Up SLOT:7/CON:1 Down Up eth:1 Up Up eth:2 Down Up internal Up Up loopback Up Up slot:1/mod:1 Up Up slot:1/mod:2 Up Up slot:1/mod:3 Up Up <skip> slot:6/mod:30 Up Up slot:7/mod:1 Down Up slot:7/mod:2 Down Up slot:7/mod:3 Down Up slot:7/mod:4 Down Up <skip> slot:7/mod:29 Down Up slot:7/mod:30 Down Up == HiPer>> li chas Slot Owner Description Ports Type Console 1 YES 30 Channel High Density Modem 30 DYNAMIC YES 2 YES 30 Channel High Density Modem 30 DYNAMIC YES 3 YES 30 Channel High Density Modem 30 DYNAMIC YES 4 YES 30 Channel High Density Modem 30 DYNAMIC YES 5 YES 30 Channel High Density Modem 30 DYNAMIC YES 6 YES 30 Channel High Density Modem 30 DYNAMIC YES 7 YES 30 Channel High Density Modem 30 DYNAMIC YES 8 YES --EMPTY-- 0 STATIC NO 9 YES --EMPTY-- 0 STATIC NO 10 YES --EMPTY-- 0 STATIC NO 11 YES --EMPTY-- 0 STATIC NO 12 YES --EMPTY-- 0 STATIC NO 13 YES --EMPTY-- 0 STATIC NO 14 YES --EMPTY-- 0 STATIC NO 15 YES --EMPTY-- 0 STATIC NO 16 YES HiPer Access Router NAC 0 DYNAMIC NO == I can configure card via RS-232, I can change firmware via TCM. The modems of card 7 answer on incoming call (E1 R2) but HiPer ARC not work with it modems. :-( I have 5 TC 1000 systems and I tested card in 2 chasis. The firmware of all DSP 3.5.12, the ARC+NMC 5.1.6+8.7.3 and 5.3.3+8.3.7. I don't understand what happen with one DSP. :-( Please help, if you know. -- Regards, Sergey

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