[RADIATOR] AuthBy RADIUS round-robin DNS

[Hugh Irvine]

Hello Andrew -

Yes you should use the AuthBy ROUNDROBIN (or AuthBy LOADBALANCE) clause.

See section 5.44 in the Radiator 4.5 reference manual ("doc/ref.pdf").

regards

Hugh


On 27 Oct 2009, at 01:00, Andrew D. Clark wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I feel this question has probably already been answered before in  
> the mail
> archives, but I couldn't find it.
>
> What is the failover behavior for a DNS name that resolves to  
> multiple IP
> addresses used as a Host entry in an AuthBy RADIUS clause?  Is it  
> simply used
> round-robin for each request without going to the next server in the  
> case of
> no reply?  If so, would AuthBY ROUNDROBIN get round-robin load- 
> balancing along
> with failover?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew Clark
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NB:

Have you read the reference manual ("doc/ref.html")?
Have you searched the mailing list archive (www.open.com.au/archives/radiator 
)?
Have you had a quick look on Google (www.google.com)?
Have you included a copy of your configuration file (no secrets),
together with a trace 4 debug showing what is happening?
Have you checked the RadiusExpert wiki:
http://www.open.com.au/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

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