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The term "line hit" is not an industry standard, but I have heard it used.
A "line hit" is generally a power outage or some interruption at the Central
Office.  As far as the retransmission, I'd say you are looking @ the
application.  If the line takes a hit or bounces, one side of the
conversation is going to drop.  So- I'd say you looking at one or more
interface resets.  If you're referring to noise build-up, it depends.  Since
we are probably not talking about X.25 and more like Frame-Relay, TCP will
shut the windowing process to a crawl.  If TCP cannot handle things, the
application timesout.  This is my be theoretical .02, based on my 10 months
working for a CLEC.  Dirty or intermittant noisey lines (i.e. water in the
box or lines close to power) were very hard to trouble shoot.

All the best !!!
Phil

----- Original Message -----
From: "Todd Carswell" 
To: 
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 9:02 PM
Subject: "Line Hit"? I need a definition [7:25751]


> Hi all,
>
> Could someone please define the phrase "line hit" for me?  I assume it
means
> that some sort of outside interference (such as a lightning strike) caused
> bit errors in a frame.  Is that accurate?
>
> That leads to another question...
>
> If a serial connection between 2 routers (or switches) experiences a "line
> hit", who is going to take care of the retransmission?  Will it be the
> sending host (pc) or the router/switch or will that depend upon the
> configuration and/or protocol?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Todd




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