RE: (ASCEND) MAX6000 and 10/100 Ethernet?

[Mike Fischer <fischer@lavielle.com>]

Hello Troy,


>I've had problems with the 6000 series as well, especially when they were
>plugged into cheap hubs or switches.

I am pretty sure we're using Cisco Switches although I am not into 
the details of our backbone infrastructure yet.


>I've now got one POP deployed with a Bay 16 port 10/100 switch (don't
>remember which model), and another deployed with a Cisco 2900.  Neither have
>any more problems.

By chance or by design? Sorry, I probably sound somewhat negative. I 
just can't believe that a machine costing a 5 digit amount can't get 
a simple ethernet interface right.


>I don't know where your busy signal came from...  that's not really related
>to the ethernet at all (perhaps you need more PRI :).

Even at peak times I have never seen all chanels busy yet. This was 
around 0830-0900 local time this morning, definatly not a peek time. 
I suspect a secondary effect caused by the fact that ethernet, 
routing, logging, accounting, RADIUS, etc. wasn't reachable due to 
the ethernet problems. The line went up immediatly after connecting 
the MAX to a different port on the switch.


>I found that going in through the console and adding/removing a 
>second IP address fixed the problem temporarily (something to do 
>with resetting the ethernet driver I
>think).

That sounds more like the right area to look. Thanks for the tip. 
There is still the slight problem, that the MAX is 30min. driving 
time away from my office and slightly too far for a serial 
connection... oh well.


>HTH,
>
>-Troy
>
>
>** -----Original Message-----
>** From: owner-ascend-users@max.bungi.com
>** [mailto:owner-ascend-users@max.bungi.com]On Behalf Of Mike Fischer
>** Sent: Monday, March 27, 2000 5:08 AM
>** To: ascend-users@max.bungi.com
>** Subject: (ASCEND) MAX6000 and 10/100 Ethernet?
>**
>**
>** Hello,
>**
>** we are experiencing problems with a MAX6000 unit connected to a
>** switch. When the switch was originally set to 10/100 autosense the
>** MAX was reacheable only intermittently. After setting the switch to
>** 10Mbps it worked fine for a couple of days. Last night the MAX went
>** down again (no ping, no telnet, calling the MAX resulted in a busy
>** dialtone). A reset (off - on) didn't help. The problem was "solved"
>** by plugging the MAX into a different port on the switch.
>**
>** I couldn't find any settings pertaining to this subject on the MAX or
>** in the documentation.
>**
>** Does anyone have a clue as to what is happening and possibly how to
>** solve the problem (other than trash the MAX6000 and use Cisco
>** equipment)?
>**
>** Thanks!
>**
>** Best regards,
>** Mike Fischer
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Thanks!
Mike


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