Chris Carman wrote:
>
> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
 <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> > Both Oxford ppp modem banks are now operational:
> >
> > 523-0003 - for access by off-campus phones
> >
> > 1-7700   - for access by on-campus phones (This number may have intermittent
> >            problems as we work to make it production-quality).
> >
> > Please note that 523-0003 will soon (today or tomorrow) be unreachable from
> > ON campus and 1-7700 cannot be dialed from OFF campus.
>
> That's kind of silly, considering 1-7700 still doesn't answer reliably.  The
> only way I've been able to log onto PPP is through 9-2930.  Personally, I'd
> wait until all the bugs are worked out before you cut off all the people on
> campus.  Later,
> -Chris Carman
 
Chris,
 
 1-7700 was taken down for about an hour at midday today to make some
software corrections, with increased reliability being the goal.  We are
going thru the same tweaking process this week that we went thru last
week with 523-0003 and hope to have it reliable shortly.  Neither modem
bank should be considered production-quality yet, but we are working
toward it.
 
As I stated in the original post, 523-0003 was blocked from on-campus
phones because 2 trunk lines are tied up (one going out - one coming back
in) everytime it is dialed from oncampus.
 
In the meantime, if you experience problems with 1-7700, you are free to
use 9-2930.  I have no information at this time on how line that number
will be operational; it was set up as a test line this summer and we will
need to pull the modems off and put them back into the production modem
pools, but I have had no word from networking on when that will take
place.  We are definitely devoting all available resources to getting the
2 production lines stable.
 
Thanks for your comments.