RE: USR Upgrade problem

Chris Thomas ( ChrisT@mbcom.com.au )
Mon, 6 Jul 1998 16:19:09 +0800

I have to agree. We've just finished 6 months of problems with Netserver
Plus. We've given up and gone to the faultless TCH's for all our POPs.
If I was forced to stay with Netserver, I would be going back to V3.x to
save the problems.

Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Smith [mailto:pjsmith@microtech.co.gg]
> Sent: Monday, 6 July 1998 15:47
> To: radiusnt@iea-software.com
> Subject: RE: USR Upgrade problem
>
>
> We had lot of problem like this. Worst of all the Box would
> intermittently
> stop answering calls. We tried this upgrade on 4 different
> boxes under
> 3coms guidance. Every time there were BIG problems afterwards.
>
> To anyone contemplating upgrade to V4... Don't!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radiusnt-request@iea-software.com
> [mailto:radiusnt-request@iea-software.com]On Behalf Of 2Day Internet
> Sent: 06 July 1998 06:57
> To: radiusnt@iea-software.com
> Subject: Re: USR Upagrde problem
>
>
> >exist. RadiusNT 2.5.124 and higher default to allowing the 0 length
> >malformed packet problem. The others it still doesn't allow. If you
> >use "radius -x15 -X" in the foreground, RadiusNT will dump
> the packet.
> >If you send that dump to me, I'll tell you why the packet is
> >malformed.
>
> Malformed packet problem gone away now...
>
> Sorry, bad hair day. I should *never* have believed 3Com
> when they said to
> upgrade firmware on Netserver from v3.2.5.3 to v4.1.7
>
> I am happy RadiusNT is performing ok, so my bleating is
> inappropriate for
> this list. If there are any Netserver saavy people subscribed I would
> appreciate a private email. I have been off the air for 8
> hours now, any
> any clues would be appreciated.
>
> NAS no longer authenticates using Radius but ok with local.
> I see radius
> debug of
>
> Sending Ack of id 7 to cb621a82 (akl-netserv1.2day.net.nz)
>
> User-Service = Framed-User
> Framed-Protocol = PPP
> Framed-Compression = Van-Jacobsen-TCP-IP
>
> Resp Time: 491 Auth 2/0 -> 2 Acct: 0/0/0 -> 0
>
> Win95 client gets error "Dailup networking could not
> negotiate a compatible
> set of network protocols ..."
>
> It also appears the NAS wont accept framed-address settings
> for specified IP
> addresses on other user profiles (just as serious problem!)
>
> regards
>
> Peter Mott
> Chief Enthusiast
> 2Day Internet Limited.
>
>
>
>
> QUIT
>