Hello, Anyone care to elaborate on the differences you've seen between these two? I'm currently way back at 4.1.72. Are some of the early Mac ppp problems fixed as of this version? I've decided to go ahead with DSP 2.0.51 in hopes that it fixes the most compatibility issues, but I'm torn between the ARC releases. I don't want something flakey, but 3Com does seem to be pushing it by sticking it in TCS 3.6 as the only arc code in that bundle. I would very much like to deal with OSPF rather than RIP. What other fun things can I expect here? Thanks, Charles -- =-----------------= = | Charles Sprickman Internet Channel | | INCH System Administration Team (212)243-5200 | | spork@inch.com access@inch.com | = =----------------= - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@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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Anyone care to elaborate on the differences you've seen between these two? I'm currently way back at 4.1.72.
Are some of the early Mac ppp problems fixed as of this version? I've decided to go ahead with DSP 2.0.51 in hopes that it fixes the most compatibility issues, but I'm torn between the ARC releases. I don't want something flakey, but 3Com does seem to be pushing it by sticking it in TCS 3.6 as the only arc code in that bundle.
Well, keep in mind that the TCS releases are somewhat amorphous. :) The same DSP code in 3.5 is also in 3.6. The only thing new in TCS 3.6 was the HiPer Arc code, so basically TCS 3.5 and TCS 3.6 are pretty much completely interoperable. I wouldn't worry about it too much. :)
I would very much like to deal with OSPF rather than RIP. What other fun things can I expect here?
I wouldn't use OSPF...its still pretty rough...if in doubt, head on over to usr-tc.1st.net (Thanks Ed! great to have the searchability again!) and look for Mike Andrews posts about his problems. Depending on how your network is layed out, it might not bite you, but I'm still staying away from OSPF until it and the routing code is cleaned up a bit. -- Jeff McAdams Email: jeffm@iglou.com Head Network Administrator Voice: (502) 966-3848 IgLou Internet Services (800) 436-4456 - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@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.
On Tue, 18 Jan 2000, Jeff Mcadams wrote:
Well, keep in mind that the TCS releases are somewhat amorphous. :)
I see what you mean. I spent a few hours digging around totalservice...
The same DSP code in 3.5 is also in 3.6. The only thing new in TCS 3.6 was the HiPer Arc code, so basically TCS 3.5 and TCS 3.6 are pretty much completely interoperable. I wouldn't worry about it too much. :)
The "unresolved issues" list is much shorter under 4.2.32-1, but then again 4.1.22 was just released and this 4.2.32 release is from way back in September. I'm just trying to get a handle on what I can load and run with for at least a good 6 months... 4.1.72 has treated me fairly well, with all the chassis running at about 340 days of uptime.
I wouldn't use OSPF...its still pretty rough...if in doubt, head on over to usr-tc.1st.net (Thanks Ed! great to have the searchability again!) and look for Mike Andrews posts about his problems. Depending on how your network is layed out, it might not bite you, but I'm still staying away from OSPF until it and the routing code is cleaned up a bit.
I simply want to use it for announcing routes for static IP users. The Relnotes on 4.2.32 mention a setting that should force the ARC to never become a DR, and that may fix the problems Mike had (at least in my application). Any thoughts on which has the most interoperable PPP code? I remember some issues with Macs and WebTV units that weren't modem related (unless it was in the PPP offloading)... Thanks, Charles - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@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.
On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Charles Sprickman wrote:
I wouldn't use OSPF...its still pretty rough...if in doubt, head on over to usr-tc.1st.net (Thanks Ed! great to have the searchability again!) and look for Mike Andrews posts about his problems. Depending on how your network is layed out, it might not bite you, but I'm still staying away from OSPF until it and the routing code is cleaned up a bit.
I simply want to use it for announcing routes for static IP users. The Relnotes on 4.2.32 mention a setting that should force the ARC to never become a DR, and that may fix the problems Mike had (at least in my application).
It doesn't. I'm using OSPF for more or less what you want to use it for. The problem I had was that there was a static route in my network that overlapped the subnet that the ARC was on, and it messed up the ARC's idea of what its netmask was. It's kinda serious, but at the same time, not something tons of people will run into. DR selection doesn't really enter into it... though the ARCs should never become one in my network now. Despite the problems I'm actually still running 4.2.32 anyway... I have workarounds for the serious problems in place, and I *really* don't want to go back and reconfigure RIPv2 on everything. (It's kinda a lesser of two evils thing.)
Any thoughts on which has the most interoperable PPP code? I remember some issues with Macs and WebTV units that weren't modem related (unless it was in the PPP offloading)...
WebTV problems were limited to the original 4.1.x release, and the ER that came out about a week later fixed that, if I remember right. FreePPP on the Mac I'm not sure of the current status... it might still be glitchy. Most of our Mac people are on Open Transport PPP now anyway. OT comes with every Y2K compliant version of MacOS except for 7.5.5 anyway... Mike Andrews (MA12) * mandrews@dcr.net * http://www.bit0.com/ VP, sysadmin, & network guy, Digital Crescent Inc, Frankfort KY Internet services for Frankfort, Lawrenceburg, Owenton, Shelbyville "Don't sweat the petty things, and don't pet the sweaty things." - To unsubscribe to usr-tc, send an email to "majordomo@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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