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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.mathworks.com!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!oleane!pressimage!rain.fr!magic.fr!babel.magic.fr!ded From: Edouard CORREIA <ded@magic.fr> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc Subject: Re: Server problems. Date: Wed, 14 Aug 1996 14:28:58 +0000 Organization: Magic OnLine Lines: 45 Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.93.960814093341.302D-100000@babel.magic.fr> Reply-To: Edouard CORREIA <ded@magic.fr> NNTP-Posting-Host: babel.magic.fr Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII To: "David G. Cannon" <david@emeraldis.com> In-Reply-To: <199608131959.PAA08814@jade.emeraldis.com> > Hey! I talked to you before about this same problem. I believe you may have > been the one that suspected the "AT&Q5" to be the problem with the "output > stalled" messages. Have you tried switching to "&Q6" to see if that fixed the I don't since I have to make my connexions reliable with V42bis & MNP5 which enable &Q5. > problem? As for the Xem board, the way I alleviated the problem was to use the > old firmware for the Xem board. You can do this by editing your digisetup > command in the /etc/rc file. This is what you would change it to: > > /usr/sbin/digisetup -l 48 -o /dev/ttyA00 > > The "48" is the number of ports you want initialized, you can leave it at 48 > or change it to 32, it doesn't really matter as long as you have at least as > many ports as you want to run. This command will cause the older firmware to > be loaded rather than the newer firmware. This was BSDI's recommendation, and > they seemed a bit disturbed that we had to do this. I have a feeling that they > developed a new firmware driver for the digiboard in BSDI 2.1, and it hasn't > been perfected yet. Anyway, I found that using the older firmware did help > tremendously, however, I do still see "output stalled" messages occasionally, > but nothing like before. I am now wondering if maybe the Xem board can't > handle more than 32 ports at 57600. We're running 48 right now. Digi says it > will handle 57600 up to 32, but they say the performance will decrease once > you add more than 32 ports. I'm now looking at the Comtrol Rocketport which > will handle 128 ports at 57600, however, I still want to find out what is > causing "output stalled" messages. Are your connections still working when the "output stalled" occur (I saw it sometimes). > Try using the older firmware and see if that helps. I would also appreciate it > if you keep me posted on your progress. Thanks! What changes are performed by the new firmware (can I use the old firmaware with no problem)? Thanks.