Re: (ASCEND) Max 4004 Stable Code Release

[Matthew Boeckman <matthewb@unicom.net>]

Do NOT upgrade your firmware to 7.0.3!!!! We did so on our 5 MAXen (4004's
and 4048) about three weeks ago. On the upside, it increased the stability
of our v.90 connections. On the downside there is a nasty memory leak
which causes the boxes to reboot sporadically about once every 3-5 days.
We have these MAX stacked, and are also seeing occasional zombification of
our ISDN clients when one of them reboots. Ascend is being fairly
unresponsive, assuring me that the ticket is in the engineer's "hot list".
How reassuring. I would recommend sticking with something more stable
unless you enjoy getting up in the middle of the night.

Matthew Boeckman
Network Administrator
Rocky Mountain Internet

On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Anthony Chatman wrote:

> We put 7.0.3 on 1 of our maxes earlier this week to test, so far
> everything is good, however that max does not get hit very hard, seems
> to be handling memory better somehow, but i'd say the jury is still out
> on it.
> 
> 
> 
> Rick Wagner wrote:
> > 
> > I have had at least one FE1 on a 4004 with 3 PRI's and 72  K56 modems on
> > 6.1.24, I'm too scared to go 7.0.x still.
> > 
> > I think the latest most stable code is 5.0Ap38 *grin*
> > 
> > -Rick
> > 
> > On Wed, 3 Mar 1999, Jim Williams wrote:
> > 
> > > What is the latest most stable release of code for the Max 4004?  Ascend
> > > wants me to upgrade to 7.0.3, but I want to see what everyone else is
> > > using before I upgrade and what everyone is seeing as far as problems.
> > >
> > > Jim Williams                  Ntrnet Systems, Inc.
> > > President/CEO                 Research Triangle Park, NC
> > > jaw12@ntrnet.net              (919)484-0504 fax(919)484-0782
> > >
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