Currently we have a 3com Chassis at a remote POP serving customers in Alltel-land. This is a pretty remote place, and so Alltel is only using a DMS-10. They have provisioned our circuits NI2 - Despite my asking for them to provide Custom settings, they will not do so - claiming that their switch does not have the capabilities to do so (or that their policy doesnt allow for Custom). NMC 7.1.8 HiperARC 4.1.26 DSP 2.1.9 The PRIs are FAS, NI2. Right now we have three of these PRIs in this area. I can't keep any three of them operating at the same time. I'm used to running everything with 5ESS Custom settings rather than NI2. It will fill the first two cards in the hunt up and then bail on the third - an alarm will come on on the third one, and then I"ll have to resort to some ridiculous reset scheme in order to get all three circuits back up and green.... Then, when customers fill up 1 and 2 and get to PRI #3, it'll happen all over again. I also am not able to adequately take individual DS0s out of service like I am on the other equipment. Is there anything I can do on my end to make up for the fact that I'm forced to use NI2 and not have service messages? I'm just wondering if there is a workaround (or better configuration) that will allow me to manage this remote dialup chassis a little better and use all available circuits without these types of problems. I'm also interested if I should be able to demand Custom rather than NI2 - I think Alltel once told me that their tariff does not allow for Custom or something to that effect. Is this baloney? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Mike Tindor FIRST Internet ________________________________________________________________ 1st.net