(RADIATOR) Where to set Acct-Interim-Interval

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Michael -

Thanks for letting me know - I'm interested to see that this actually 
works.

regards

Hugh


On 14 Mar 2005, at 23:52, Michael Harsh wrote:

> I added the Acct-Interim-Interval attribute as you suggested Hugh and 
> now I
> have been getting Accounting Alive packets from the CN3000 whereas I 
> never
> got any before. No such luck with the Proxim AP. Thanks again for your 
> help
> Hugh.
>
> Mike Harsh
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hugh Irvine [mailto:hugh at open.com.au]
> Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 3:22 AM
> To: Michael Harsh
> Cc: 'radiator at open.com.au'
> Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Where to set Acct-Interim-Interval
>
>
>
> Hello Michael -
>
> You can certainly use Radiator to set whatever radius reply attributes
> you like in an access accept.
>
>
> 	<AuthBy ...>
> 		.....
> 		AddToReply Acct-Interim-Interval = 60
> 	</AuthBy>
>
>
> Whether or not the NAS understands what to do with it is another thing
> entirely.
>
> The only way to be sure of what will happen is to first of all check
> with the vendor, but more importantly to then do lots of testing to
> verify correct operation. Please let us know what you discover.
>
> regards
>
> Hugh
>
>
> On 10 Mar 2005, at 17:51, Michael Harsh wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the reply Hugh.
>>
>> So, there is no way to set the Acct-Interim-Interval value in
>> Radiator?
>>
>> Thanks again,
>> Mike Harsh
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Hugh Irvine [mailto:hugh at open.com.au]
>> Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 3:11 AM
>> To: Michael Harsh
>> Cc: 'radiator at open.com.au'
>> Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Where to set Acct-Interim-Interval
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello Mike -
>>
>> I have never seen a NAS that requires a reply attribute from the
>> radius server to enable interim accounting, but anything is possible.
>>
>> You will need to check with your vendor to ascertain how to configure
>> radius support.
>>
>> Note that many wireless access points have only very rudimentary
>> accounting support (if they do accounting at all).
>>
>> BTW - interim accounting requests are handled by Radiator in the same
>> way as "normal" accounting requests.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Hugh
>>
>>
>> On 9 Mar 2005, at 18:54, Michael Harsh wrote:
>>
>>> Where do I set the Acct-Interim-Interval value in Radiator?
>>>
>>> I have read previous posts that say Radiator handles interim
>>> accounting requests automatically if sent by a NAS. However, I have
>>> some equipment that says the Acct-Interim-Interval needs to be set on
>>> the server for the NAS to respond to interim accounting packets sent
>>> from the server versus the NAS
>>> sending them. Also, I do not see any interim accounting packets with
>>> the
>>> current equipment I'm using, Proxim AP2000 and Colubris CN3000.
>>>
>>> Is this something that needs to be configured on the server for it to
>>> work at all?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike Harsh
>>>
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>> correspondence.
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>
> NB: I am travelling this week, so there may be delays in our
> correspondence.
>
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> anywhere. Available on *NIX, *BSD, Windows 95/98/2000, NT, MacOS X.
> -
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> flexible with hardware, software, platform and database independence.
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>
>

NB: I am travelling this week, so there may be delays in our 
correspondence.

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