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From: marka@dsinet (Mark Anacker)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.lans
Subject: Another way to crash a 3Com/Bridge server...
Message-ID: <152@dsinet>
Date: 29 Dec 89 16:58:55 GMT
Organization: Digital Systems Intl., Inc.
Lines: 17
Keywords: tcp 3Com Bridge junk

I've been rather partial to 3Com systems for years, but the things I've been
forced to put up with lately may make me change my mind.  To wit:  we have
a number of 3Com/Bridge CS1 async. servers running their TCP 3.0 software.
We discovered that if a user changes their network password, it causes the
comm. server to reboot.  This is not acceptable.  Repeated calls to 3Com
have left the definite impression that they are in no hurry to fix the
problem.  Anybody want to recommend a different terminal server (with GOOD
TCP support)?

There are a number of other weird things going on in that server - I'll
report on those when I have a coherent explanation.    I just thought that
this note might help someone else who is having mysterious reboots.

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Mark Anacker				 msa@dsinet -or- msa@toybox
Digital Systems International, Inc.
Redmond, WA   USA    (206) 881-7544