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MODEM NEWS
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At about Noon today we brought up our seventh Cisco AS5200 access server,
thus adding 46 more modems to the modem pool.  This brings our total
number of modems to 322. 

As I write this (6:25 PM on May 1), the access list on ABSnet's news
server (news.abs.net) apparently has not yet been updated to include the
PPP addresses corresponding to the new access server.  Until this is done,
callers connected to the new access server will not be able to read Usenet
News.  This is not likely to be a problem unless we have an unusual number
of concurrent callers tonight, because access server #7 is not used until
#1 through #6 are all full. 

If you are inclined to keep track of such things, PPP users will know you
are on access server #7 if your IP address is within the range of
204.255.212.98 (ppp289.bcpl.lib.md.us) through 204.255.212.145
(ppp336.bcpl.lib.md.us). If you have an IP address outside that range, or
if you are logged into your UNIX shell account, you should be able to read
Usenet News as usual.

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