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From: RAF@CU.NIH.GOV (Roger Fajman)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.sys.cisco
Subject: Re:  Status of 8.2(1)
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Date: 6 Feb 91 06:54:07 GMT
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> Is anyone running 8.2(1)?  Any serious problems?
>
> I got some CSC/3 upgrade boards with 8.2 roms, but have not heard any
> reports on performance/problems with 8.2 yet.  Some one told me it
> might be good to wait for the next maintenance upgrade.

We've had a problem with XNS RIP not properly recognizing that serial
lines are down.  The route still exists in the routing table as
directly connected, although SHOW INTERFACE correctly says the line is
down.  This probably also exists in 8.1.  cisco thinks that they have a
fix.

There's also the need to disable XNS fast switching to prevent the
router from crashing periodically.  This is supposed to be fixed in the
next maintenance update.

So, yes, if you don't need 8.2 features right away, it's a good idea to
wait a while.  But we are using 8.2(1) on a number of routers and it
fixed some 8.1 problems and added some features that were important to
us.

Roger Fajman                                   Telephone:  +1 301 402 1246
National Institutes of Health                  BITNET:     RAF@NIHCU
Bethesda, Maryland, USA                        Internet:   RAF@CU.NIH.GOV