Re: MIB comments

["Mark S. Lewis" <[e-mail]>]

>>>>> On Thu,  3 Feb 1994 13:31:40 -0500 (EST), Steven Waldbusser <[e-mail]> said:

> Does anybody have answers to the following questions?:

> Excerpts from modemmgt: 29-Jan-94 MIB comments Steven [e-mail] (11867)

>> V.58 defines ringsBeforeAnswer as 0..15.  What do they mean by 0 and 1?
>> Should we also use 0?  Which of the following is 0 rings? 1 ring?

>>     ASAP
>>     leading edge of first ring ( is this the same as ASAP?)
>>     trailing edge of first ring

I think we should use 0=no answer.  This is normal industry practice
and doesn't conflict with V.58.

> Excerpts from modemmgt: 29-Jan-94 MIB comments Steven [e-mail] (11867)

>> >Page 27:  do we need mdmStatsDTERingNoAnswers?  I vote we just count
>> >mdmStatsRingNoAnswer.

>> DTERingNoAnswers tells me that my users are being screwed because the
>> terminal server is not ready or is misconfigured or the cable fell
>> out.  This is a big operational problem because it will often stop
>> a hunt group dead.

>> Now let me make an observation.  If we were to delete this, we could
>> word ringNoAnswers so that it explicitely included DTERingNoAnswers.
>> Then when the operator noticed that ringNoAnswers was incrementing,
>> she could use the RS232 MIB to check to see if DTR is the problem.
>> This issue to keep it is an issue of simplicity and signal to noise
>> ratio.  You want objects that flag serious problems to have high
>> signal/noise ratios.  The question is how big a deal this condition
>> is.  I'd like to hear from other operational people on this.

> Any comments from users?

> Thanks,
> Steve

I vote we only count mdmStatsRingNoAnswers, and use RS232 mib to look
at the DTE.

... Mark

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