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ACCESS SERVER PROBLEMS SOLVED
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In a System News message posted earlier today I reported a problem which
was causing connections to be dropped with increasing frequency. Beginning
some time Wednesday night all seven of our Cisco AS5200 access servers
began rebooting themselves due to bus errors.  The intervals between
reboots got progressively shorter as time went on, until by mid-morning
today they were occurring about every 20 minutes. 

Working with Cisco Systems' Technical Assistance Center, we were able to
determine that the cause was an operating system bug. The solution
recommended by Cisco TAC was to backgrade to a slightly older version of
the operating system.  This was done, beginning with the first access
server at about Noon and ending with the seventh at about 2:45 PM.  This
seems to have solved the problem, but we will be watching the access
servers closely to make sure. 
 
Many thanks for your patience through the interruption in service!
 
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