You're quite correct about the dormant status - sounds like you have an ISDN
interface that reports it's status slightly differently than most.  What is the
device in question??  Do you get the ISDN traps coming through on a change of
status?

Cheers,
Jane
richard_pike AT safeway.co DOT uk wrote:

> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I have set the ISDN connections to ISDN backup in the seed file.
>
> Looking at one of the connection's object information it shows isISDNBackup
> as
> TRUE.  Unfortunatly a demand poll of the object shows: Interface
> xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx(PPP/0) is Critical: Admin Status=Up OperStatus=Down.   and
> therefore no pink icon.  I believe that the OperStatus needs to be dormant
> for
> it to be used as you mentioned.
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard.
>
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