(RADIATOR) AddressAllocator SQL & Ascend

Hugh Irvine hugh at open.com.au
Mon Jan 28 17:45:26 CST 2002


Hello Justin -

The problem is the AuthByPolicy in your configuration file - it should be 

	AuthByPolicy ContinueWhileAccept

The way you have it configured (ContinueUntilAccept) you will never call the 
AuthBy DYNADDRESS clause.

hth

Hugh


On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:09, Justin Scott wrote:
> Gents,
>
> I've been thru the last 6 months of archives, and didn't find anything
> quite like what's happening to me when I'm trying to use my
> AddressAllocator SQL setup.
>
> Issue: Client wants to be able to have "hot standby" MAX 4000 chassis in
> facility where the PRIs can be moved from one MAX to another in case of
> failure.
>
> I figure using AddressAllocator SQL will eliminate the needs to have an IP
> pool defined on each of the hot standby chassis, thereby making much more
> efficient use of our Pool IP Space.
>
> Anyhow...  AddressAllocator does not seem to run for any client who should
> be getting a DynIP from the SQL pool.  The max takes the call, tries to
> authenticate, is not given an IP address, and disconnects the call.
>
> My test max works fine with and without Allocator configured if it is set
> with a pool defined internally.
>
> I have removed the internal pool information, changed the Answer profile to
> state "Assign Addr=No", and still when it's set with no pool, and Allocator
> is enabled, no IP is even queried from the database in RADPOOL to be
> replied back to the NAS.
>
> The log shows nothing in regards to RADPOOL table except for the reclaim
> checks during startup and every reclaim interval.  It also shows nothing in
> regards to AuthBy DYNADDRESS or AddressAllocator.
>
> Here is my config file:  Please tell me there is a simple error in the way
> it's been constructed, because I've given myself a monster headache trying
> to figure this one out. :)
>
> As always, I maintain that Radiator should win an award as best software of
> the new millenium or something... I have nothing but good things to say
> about it to my collegues.  The only problems really are that sometimes I
> cannot seem to speak its language properly. :)
>
> cheers,
> j
>
> #Foreground
> #LogStdout
> LogDir          c:/radiator/logs
> DbDir           c:/radiator/raddb
> # User a lower trace level in production systems:
> #Trace           4
> Trace           3
>
> RewriteUsername tr/A-Z/a-z/
> RewriteUsername s/ //g
> UsernameCharset a-zA-Z0-9\.-_@
>
> # You will probably want to add other Clients to suit your site,
> # one for each NAS you want to work with
> <Client DEFAULT>
>         Secret xxx
>         DupInterval 15
> </Client>
>
> # Ensure the SQL DynIP Pool is in a sane state
> <AddressAllocator SQL>
>         Identifier SQLAllocate
>         DBSource        dbi:ODBC:Radiator
>         DBUsername      xxx
>         DBAuth          xxx
>         # Our maximum IP Lease Time is 12 hours
>         DefaultLeasePeriod      43200
>         # Check for expired Leases once every five minutes
>         LeaseReclaimInterval    300
>         # Define valid pool of addresses
>         <AddressPool DynIP1>
>                 Subnetmask      255.255.255.255
>                 DNSServer       10.1.1.1
>                 Range           10.4.1.1 10.4.1.254
>         </AddressPool>
> </AddressAllocator>
>
> # This is our default Realm.
> <Realm DEFAULT>
>
>    AuthByPolicy ContinueUntilAccept
>    RejectHasReason
>
>         # We do our Authentication by SQL using ODBC
>         <AuthBy SQL>
>         DBSource        dbi:ODBC:Radiator
>         DBUsername      xxx
>         DBAuth          xxx
>
>         # These are the criteria we pull from the database to ensure we
> have # a valid user who is not expired.  We use the radattr "Class" to #
> tell the maxen what the CID for this customer is for accounting # purposes
>         AuthSelect select
> PASSWORD,CID,EXPIREDATE,VALIDDATE,REPLYATTR,MAXSESSIONS from tblsubscribers
> where USERNAME = %0 AuthColumnDef   0,User-Password,check
>         AuthColumnDef   1,Class,reply
>         AuthColumnDef   2,Expiration,check
>         AuthColumnDef   3,ValidFrom,check
>         AuthColumnDef   4,GENERIC,reply
>         AuthColumnDef   5,Simultaneous-Use,check
>
>         # We need to add some extra reply items for this realm:
>         AddToReply      Idle-Timeout = 900
>         AddToReply      Ascend-Maximum-Time = 43200
>
>         # Set up the accounting table defenitions
>         AccountingTable tblaccounting
>         AcctColumnDef   CID,Class
>         AcctColumnDef   TIME_STAMP,Timestamp,integer-date
>         AcctColumnDef   USERNAME,User-Name
>         AcctColumnDef   ACCTSTATUSTYPE,Acct-Status-Type
>         AcctColumnDef   ACCTDELAYTIME,Acct-Delay-Time,integer
>         AcctColumnDef   ACCTINPUTOCTETS,Acct-Input-Octets,integer
>         AcctColumnDef   ACCTOUTPUTOCTETS,Acct-Output-Octets,integer
>         AcctColumnDef   ACCTSESSIONID,Acct-Session-Id
>         AcctColumnDef   ACCTSESSIONTIME,Acct-Session-Time,integer
>         AcctColumnDef   ACCTTERMINATECAUSE,Ascend-Disconnect-Cause
>         AcctColumnDef   NASIDENTIFIER,NAS-IP-Address
>         AcctColumnDef   NASPORT,NAS-Port,integer
>         AcctColumnDef   MODEMPORT,Ascend-Modem-PortNo
>         AcctColumnDef   MODEMSLOT,Ascend-Modem-SlotNo
>         AcctColumnDef   FRAMEDIPADDRESS,Framed-IP-Address
>         AcctColumnDef   CALLER,Calling-Station-Id
>         AcctColumnDef   CALLING,Called-Station-Id
>         AcctColumnDef   XMTRATE,Ascend-Xmit-Rate
>         AcctColumnDef   RCVRATE,Ascend-Data-Rate
> 	</AuthBy>
>
>         # Now we assign IP Addrs
>         <AuthBy DYNADDRESS>
>                 Allocator       SQLAllocate
>                 PoolHint        DynIP1
>                 MapAttribute    yiaddr,Framed-IP-Address
>                 MapAttribute    subnetmask,Framed-IP-Netmask
>         </AuthBy>
> </Realm>
>
> <SessionDatabase SQL>
>         DBSource        dbi:ODBC:Radiator
>         DBUsername      xxx
>         DBAuth          xxx
> </SessionDatabase>
>
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