(RADIATOR) How to do a load test

[Fred Albrecht]

Hi 

I've been wondering how one goes about really stressing a Radiator installation to see what it can do.  I've tried using radpwtst to flood the service but on a config that simply allows everyone in I get about 17 - 33 milliseconds per access request, while only sending only accounting gives 93 miliseconds per request.  

A uname -a returns :
SunOS wol-aaa1 5.7 Generic_106541-12 sun4u sparc SUNW,UltraSPARC-IIi-Engine,

1 Gig of memory installed., 1 CPU

CPU drops right down to 0 % free when running the test.  

Running radpwtst on just auth gives 

Is this good or bad, and how can I increase these results?

Also, are there any good tools to really flood a Radius server with access requests?


The allow all config looks like this:
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#
# radius.cfg
#

# Set this to the directory where your logfile and details file are to go
LogDir /opt/LOGS/radius/

# Set this to the database directory. It should contain these files:
# users           The user database
# dictionary      The dictionary for your NAS
DbDir /usr/local/etc/raddb

AuthPort 3645
AcctPort 3646
Trace 3

LogFile %L/Radiator.log

#PasswordLogFileName %L/password.log

# Clients
<ClientListSQL>
        DBSource        dbi:Oracle:PHEONIX
        DBUsername      pheonix
        DBAuth          unclefred
</ClientListSQL>



<Handler DEFAULT>
        <AuthBy FILE>
                 #The filename defaults to %D/users
        </AuthBy>
</Handler>

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And the users file looks like this:
------------
DEFAULT
        Service-Type = Framed-User,
        Framed-Protocol = PPP
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Thanx

fred


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