| Title: | TurboLaser Notesfile - AlphaServer 8200 and 8400 systems |
| Notice: | Welcome to WONDER::TURBOLASER in it's new home shortly |
| Moderator: | LANDO::DROBNER |
| Created: | Tue Dec 20 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1218 |
| Total number of notes: | 4645 |
I'm having problems with remote dial-in connections to an 8400 at one
of my customers sites. It's the only digital system at the site and
network access is restricted. The problem is remote unix/hardware can't
reliably make connections through the MDS01. When I am onsite test
dial-ins are done and seem to work fine, but when an actual call is
logged support can't connect at times.
I connected a MDS01 remote console to the console port(vt510) and
have tried several digital 2400 and 9600 baud modems and MDS01's.
A unix support engineer said he doesn't know of any other 8400's using
MDS01's and they rarely have connections using MDS01's.
In note 496 a 1200bd modem was tested and worked ok in the lab. Even a
9600 baud modem is on the slow side.
What other options do we have for remote connections? Is there a PCI
modem that will work in the 8400 with unix 4.0b?
Thanks!
Harry
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| 1099.1 | MDS01 and Unix don't mix | SCASS1::TURNERG | Mon Feb 24 1997 02:42 | 9 | |
We have run into this problem also, one of the main problems is that
alot of the Unix folks do not have a way getting through the MDS01.
They are using regular modems to dial-in. When you call into the support
center to have the MDS01 check out you are getting to the hardware
folks the do have the compatable hardware to dial-in. About the only
thing that I can suggest is connect a modem up to a terminal server.
That's the safest thing to do. I have seen Remote-Unix group crash
systems when dialing into a MDS01 so I certainly would advise against
letting them dial-in into the MDS01.
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