(ASCEND) Re: [Oz-ISP] How hard can it be to get data from a Max 4060?

[Ross Wheeler <ross@home.albury.net.au>]

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Leigh Hart wrote:

> > > > This is driving me nuts. 
> > > :)
> > 
> > At least you didn't use the "Ah, we've all know you've been nuts for
> > years, don't blame it on this!" line :-)
> 
> <fx: makes note for next time>

Bah!
 

> > > > All I want to do is monitor the traffic over a 128K MPP or
> > > > MP ISDN circuit.
> > > 
> > > Silly question: why don't you just use the radius detail records
> > > to bill your isdn clients, the same way you bill your modem ones?
> > 
> > I want to monitor this link /in near real time/ so I can ensure it's
> > not getting over-subscribed.  It's a link to one of our small remote
> > POPs, and I need to make sure it's not getting flogged! (and so I can
> > plan capacity upgrades before they are too late)
> 
> Hmm - ok - well, if you're using an ISDN router to dial back to your
> central POP (as opposed to 2 "spare" channels on your remote POP NAS'
> OnRamp10/20/30) then you can simply SNMP measure the Ethernet traffic
> on *that* router, which will equal the aggregate of the ISDN traffic.

If it were that easy, don't you think I'd be doing that?
Honestly, I don't deliberately go out to make more work for myself!

 
> But, if you are dialing back using 2 channels on your remote POP NAS,
> then you've got the same problem there, but in reverse :(
> 
> *thinks* hmm!

That's /exactly/ what I have. In this particular case, it's a Max 4060 one
end, with 2xOR30 and a Max 4030 the other end, with one OR30, using 2
channels to dial BACK to the central site.

I have /exactly/ the same thing with a Tigris 7-slot at our central site
and Tigris 3-slots at remote POPs dialing back with 64, 128 and 256K
links, and absolutely no problems there. It's simple and effective, and I
can monitor using a similar (although simpler) solution. It's just this
bloody max-to-max link that's the problem.

Perhaps I should find someone to swap all my maxes for Tigri (plural)?
Any takers? (hopeful look!)

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