(RADIATOR) DSL authentication queuing

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Janet -

I would run a seperate machine and/or instance of Radiator to run the DSL.

hth

Hugh

On Monday 14 May 2001 18:09, Janet N del Mundo wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Anyone out there having problems with authenticating customers AFTER a
> Nortel Shasta (DSL) reboots?
>
> The problem that I am having is that when the Shasta reboots, DSL
> customers that are trying to re-login are over populating the
> authentication/accounting ports on the server.  When I do a 'netstat
> -na', the ports are overwhelmed with queued processes.  Thus affecting
> our regular dialup customers.  To alleviate the queued process, I
> comment out the 'client clauses' that accept requests from the Shasta
> for about 15-30 mins and restart radiator.   When I do this, our dialup
> customers can login.  After 15-30 mins, I put back the client clauses
> and restart radiator.  The queue builds up and authentication is still a
> bit slow, but it's authenticating both DSL and regular dialup
> customers.  Is there a better way to solve this 'congestion' with DSL
> customers?
>
> BTW, we're re-selling DSL so I don't know when the Shasta re-boots or
> goes down.
>
> I'd appreciate any comments or suggestions!
> TIA,
> Janet

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