Does this have dual power supplies?  I would try a power supply and/or a
DRAM card.  They are cheap and either could cause it.

Tom

At 08:25 AM 6/14/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Big picture:
> Max TNT - been in place and working for 1 1/2 to 2 years.
>  3 nailed t1's to central POP
>  5 switched t1's / 3 48mod modem cards
>  1 nailed t1 to remote POP
>  1 32idsl card (1 customer)
>  1 24sdsl card (serveral customers)
> dircode
>  Flash card code directory:
>  Card 1, directory size 16
>   4ether2-card reg   good   190478 Dec  8 1999      7.2.3e4
>   hdlc2-card reg   good   689696 Dec  8 1999      7.2.3e4
>   8t1-card reg   good   208665 Dec  8 1999      7.2.3e4
>   csmx-card reg   good   875687 Dec  8 1999      7.2.3e4
>   32idsl-card reg   good   618803 Dec  8 1999      7.2.3e4
>   24sdsl-data-card reg   good   545552 Dec  8 1999      7.2.3e4
>   shelf-controller reg   good  1308931 Dec  8 1999      7.2.3e4
>
>Problem
> About every two weeks for the last few months this tnt will stop
>routing. What I mean by stop routing is this:
>   x -------------- y ---------- z
> remote pop      the tnt       NOC
>
>from z I can ping, traceroute and log into y no problem. but pinging x
>results in massive packet loss.
>ping from z to y = no packet loss, t1's have no errors, etc...
>ping from y to x = no packet loss, t1 has no errors, etc...
>ping from z to x = massive packet loss! traceroutes time out at y
>* note: it's not only the remote pop, I'm just using it for the example,
>but it is all remote links behind this tnt including dial-up customers.
>
>I can not find anything wrong on the tnt. No fatal history, no t1 errors
>nothing. Only thing that fixes it is a reboot.
>
>I could really use some suggestions to trouble shoot the problem. This
>week I have had to reboot it twice already. Its like this ascend/lucent
>equipment has a built in "old age" death code.....
>
>I am reluctant to update code since the revision thats on it has been
>working flawlessly for almost 2 years. Prior to which we had to replace
>the chassis and shelf controller, because they died....
>
>Help! Anyone.
>
>Thanks :)
>
>*****************************************
>Mick Dobra
>Systems Administrator
>MTCO Communications
>1-800-859-6826
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