Re: Experince with Perle 494

[Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Roger,

No chance that users have created more sessions than you allow on the PC side ?
This could hog addresses...
Guess you would see this on the AS/400-side if there are a bunch of new Device
Descriptions...

Chuck

Chuck

"Roger Vicker, CCP" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Has anyone seen this strange one.
>
> Perle 494 with 5 twinax cards and at version 3.91, to a Vanguard 100
> router, to frame relay, to AS/400 620 V4R4M0.
>
> Multiple PCs using Client Access V3R2M0 and service pack SF64050,
> Perle/Affinity PCI Twinax Cards, twisted pair, and powered hubs. All
> this has been working fairly well for months. (Occasional session
> freeze/drop)
>
> Several PCs are connected to the AS/400. Another PC tries to connect
> but gets a message that there was a communications error while
> verifying security (or to that effect). If I move the PC to another
> port on the same controller I get the same thing. Move it to another
> controller and it gets in so the wire and card must be good.
>
> While this is going on some (but not all) of the users that are
> connected report that they can only get 2 or 3 sessions active. I
> watched as user 1 started A then B and tried C but got a blank screen.
> Then watched user 2, without anything else changed or ended, start A
> then B then C and get only a blank screen for D. To make this stranger
> still after user 3 couldn't get in at all, user 1 disconnected
> completely and then user 3 could connect but user 1 could no longer
> get in. Reverse it, user 3 disconnects and user 1 could connect.
>
> I checked the MODD QPCSUPP and it was set for 256/256. System value
> QUTORMT shouldn't be a problem because it was set at 500 and all the
> devices had been created a long time ago and had been in use before
> today.
>
> After several hours of chasing ghosts I shut down the Perle over
> lunch, varied everything off, powered up the Perle, and varied
> everything on. This let almost everyone that had problems in but a few
> are still limited to 1 session or having problems getting connected.
> Any Ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> I am about ready to tell them to shut the plant down for the 30 days
> left until Sprint delivers a new router so I can move them to CA
> Express over TCP.
>
> Roger Vicker, CCP
>
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