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Conference marvin::wanrouter250

Title:DEC WANrouter 90/250 V1.3
Notice:KITS and DOCS: see note 8154
Moderator:MGB::GILLOTTR
Created:Thu Jun 18 1992
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:971
Total number of notes:4115

815.0. "WANrouter V1.3 ECO01 kit" by MARVIN::MUNSLOW (From the pain come the dream, from the dream come the vision) Fri Oct 13 1995 11:35

T.RTitleUserPersonal
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815.1UpdateMGB::GILLOTTMark Gillott, 831-3172 (rkg)Wed Nov 27 1996 09:407
815.2V1.3.5IP$16.195.16.33::GILLOTTMark Gillott, 831-3172 (rkg)Wed Feb 12 1997 12:0530
Since resources  are limited, we do not have the time to generate a "formal"
(installable) fix kit containing the latest set of fixes for all of the host
platforms.   Consequently  we  have  decided  to  generate the latest set of
router images along with some release notes detailing the problems that have
been fixed since ECO01.

Since the  images are load-host independent they can simply be copied to the
load-host  as  required.   For  those  users not running V1.3.3, they should
install ECO01 (see .0) and then upgrade by copying these latest images.  For
those users running V1.3.3, they can simply copy the latest images. 

The images and notes can be found at:

	MARVIN::CBN$KITS:[VR2013.FIX_KITS.V135]

Directory MARVIN""::CBN$KITS_ROOT:[VR2013.FIX_KITS.V135]

FIX_NOTES.PS;1            97  12-FEB-1997 11:32:05.00
FIX_NOTES.TXT;1           21  12-FEB-1997 11:29:52.00
VR22013.SYS;1           4710   6-FEB-1997 13:36:03.00	- WR250
VR29013.SYS;1           4870   6-FEB-1997 13:33:57.00	- WR90
VR29F013.SYS;1          3172   6-FEB-1997 13:35:19.00	- WR90EW

Total of 5 files, 12870 blocks.

The router identifies itself as "V1.3.5". 

Enjoy, 

Your WANrouter 90/250 support team. 
815.3fix notesIP$16.195.16.33::GILLOTTMark Gillott, 831-3172 (rkg)Wed Feb 12 1997 12:06499
 













                              DEC WANrouter 90/250 V1.3


                                  Update Kit Notes
                            Kit Reference Number : V1.3.5

                                  11-February-1997













          _________________
          While Digital believes the information in this publication is
          correct as of the date of publication, it is subject to change
          without notice.

          Possession, use, or copying of the software described in this
          documentation is authorized only pursuant to a valid written
          license from Digital or an authorized sublicensor.

          Digital Equipment Corporation makes no representations that the
          use of its products in the manner described in this publication
          will not infringe on existing or future patent rights, nor
          do the descriptions contained in this publication imply the
          granting of licenses to make, use, or sell equipment or software
          in accordance with the description.

          _________________

 













































          __________
          Copyright �1997

          All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property
          of their respective holders.

          Permission to use, copy and modify the software and its doc-
          umentation is granted provided that this copyright notice and
          these terms shall appear in all copies of the software and its
          supporting documentation. The origin of this software may not be
          misrepresented, either by explicit claim or by omission.

          The Software is provided "AS IS" and without any express or
          implied warranties, including but not limited to, the implied
          warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular
          purpose.

 







                                      CONTENTS



          Chapter 1  INTRODUCTION...................................     3


          Chapter 2  PROBLEMS FIXED BY THIS RELEASE.................     5

             2.1 SNMP returning invalid ipAdEntIfIndex values.......     5

             2.2 X.25 Originally Called Address facility............     5

             2.3 X.25 sending oversized packets.....................     5

             2.4 WANrouter 90EW not detecting change in modem
                 signals............................................     5

             2.5 IP multicast message crash.........................     5

             2.6 Unusual NSAP address crash.........................     5

             2.7 Problems clearing an X.25 SVC......................     6

             2.8 Problems with PhaseIV DLM circuits.................     6

             2.9 Corrupt Phase IV routing vector crash..............     6

             2.10 Incorrect Designated Router election..............     6

             2.11 Crash with more than 150 prefixes.................     6

             2.12 Unmanageable attributes...........................     6

             2.13 WANrouter 250 MOP load failure....................     7

             2.14 Reachable Address with incorrect attributes.......     7

             2.15 Multiple PhaseIV Init messages....................     7
















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                     DEC WANrouter 90/250 V1.3 Update Kit Notes

          This information describes the problems in the software that are
          corrected by this kit.

          This document is intended for use with DEC WANrouter 90/250 V1.3
          software.
















































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                                      CHAPTER 1


                                    INTRODUCTION


          This is a maintenance release for the DEC WANrouter 90/250 V1.3
          product. It is identified as V1.3.5. This version supersedes all
          other versions of this software.

          After installing the update kit all WANrouter systems which
          require updating with the latest image must be rebooted.







































                                                           Introduction  3

 










                                      CHAPTER 2


                           PROBLEMS FIXED BY THIS RELEASE


          2.1  SNMP returning invalid ipAdEntIfIndex values

          SNMP get requests on the ip.ipAddrTable.ipAddrEntry.ipAdEntIfIndex
          and ip.ipRoutingTable.ipRoute.ipRouteIfIndex variables would
          sometimes return incorrect (out of range) values. This problem
          has now been fixed.

          2.2  X.25 Originally Called Address facility

          The X.25 "Originally Called Address" facility was not being
          parsed correctly, resulting in calls being cleared. The facility
          is now parsed correctly.

          2.3  X.25 sending oversized packets

          If an IP packet was fragmented and forwarded out over a X.25
          routing circuit (Static or DA), X.25 would occasionally produce
          a packet that was greater that the negotiated maximum packet
          size. This problem has now been fixed.

          2.4  WANrouter 90EW not detecting change in modem signals

          On the WANrouter 90EW, changes in the CTS & DCD modem signals
          were not being detected. Thus if a cable was removed, IP routing
          would fail to detect the change in circuit state and continue to
          announce routes as reachable through that circuit. This has now
          been fixed.


          2.5  IP multicast message crash

          Certain types of IP multicast messages would not get correctly
          processed and would subsequently cause the router to crash. This
          problem has now been fixed.

          2.6  Unusual NSAP address crash

          The router would crash if it attempted to forward, via Level 2
          routing, a packet with a destination address of the form:

                3700000000000000:loc-area:id:ss

          Where loc-area was of the form "00-aa". This problem has been
          fixed.

                                         Problems fixed by this release  5

 






          2.7  Problems clearing an X.25 SVC

          Under certain conditions the router would crash when an X.25
          SVC, used by an X.25 static routing circuit, was cleared.

          If the Update Process was about to generate an update packet,
          eg. a routing vector, and the SVC was cleared, the system would
          crash. Alternatively if both ends of an X.25 routing circuit
          simultaneously cleared the supporting SVC, the system would
          crash.

          Both these problems have been fixed.

          2.8  Problems with PhaseIV DLM circuits

          If the underlying X.25 negotiated packet size was less that 256,
          the router would crash whilst attempting to initialise an X.25
          routing circuit to a Phase IV system. This problem has now been
          fixed.

          2.9  Corrupt Phase IV routing vector crash

          On receipt of a corrupt PhaseIV routing vector, the PhaseIV
          update process would attempt take down the associated (point-to-
          point) adjacency. In doing so the system would crash. The system
          does not now take down the adjacency, instead it logs an event
          ("Corrupted PhaseIV Routing Packet Received") and increments a
          counter ("Corrupted LSPs Received")

          2.10  Incorrect Designated Router election

          Under certain conditions following a system boot, a router would
          fail to correctly elect the LAN Level 1/2 designated router. The
          problem has now been fixed.

          2.11  Crash with more than 150 prefixes

          Part of the Level 2 forwarding database was incorrectly sized
          (part of the database was too small), thus the router would
          only support just less than 150 Level 2 forwarding entries.
          Any attempt to generate more forwarding entries would cause the
          system to crash. This has now been fixed.

          2.12  Unmanageable attributes

          Any attempt to set one or more of the following management
          characteristic attributes from within the script would fail. The
          system would always come up with the default value associated
          with the characteristic.

          o  "Network Protocols" on a PPP circuit;

          o  "Maximum Call Setup Timer" on a Modem Connect Line;


          6  Problems fixed by this release

 






          o  "Retransmit Timer" on a DDCMP Link;

          All these problems have been fixed.

          2.13  WANrouter 250 MOP load failure

          If the WANrouter 250 should receive a "bad" MOP message whilst
          attempting to load its script, the system would hang. The image
          would load successfully by the script would never complete.

          This problem has now been fixed.

          2.14  Reachable Address with incorrect attributes

          The set of characteristics associated with a Reachable Address
          entity on an X.25 Static Routing circuit was incorrect. This has
          now been fixed.

          2.15  Multiple PhaseIV Init messages

          With a PhaseIV point-to-point circuit (DDCMP or X.25 Static), if
          the router receives an invalid sequence of control messages,
          for example back-to-back "Init" messages, the router would
          eventually crash.

          This problem has now been fixed.





























                                         Problems fixed by this release  7