> WAN Stat
> Rx Pkt:       2292
> Tx Pkt:       2796
> CRC:        586v
> 
> I have swapped the data rate from 272000 to the lowest setting, 144000 baud.
> The same CRC errors occur. Telnet to the pipeline feels laggy, with loads of
> delay. I think there are plenty of packets being re-sent. Just to totally
> contradict everything, I can ping the pipeline and get no loss with a
> reasonably consistent 100ms time, even with large ping packets. The pipeline
> says Line quality is "4db Good". I have been considering trying BERT tests,
> but find myself wondering if this will provide any useful information? STAC
> compression is currently enabled, which I am about to turn off... As I said
> before, downstream traffic seems fast and reliable. I can't think why there
> should be any assymetry. If the line is noisy, it should affect traffic both
> ways?
> 

No. It could be a short or ground on one side of the copper pair. If you 
are not familiar with line testing I would recommend getting a telco
tech. involved to run metalic tests on the line. 4db is low quality. We 
typically see better than 12db on a good line.

***********************************************
Mick Dobra
Systems Administrator
MTCO Communications
1-800-859-6826

++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++
To unsubscribe:	send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com
To get FAQ'd:	<http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq>