And MS Radius Server isn't *nearly* as configurable.
At 11:42 AM 2/12/98 +1100, you wrote:
>Hi all
>
>Like many of you we have been running a Radius server. We have had some
>problems with it being unstable so I have been looking for options.
>
>Next thing you know Microsoft come out with NT 4 Option Pack, which has
>a Radius server. How much does it cost you ask ? Zippo. Nada. It's a
>free download off their web site.
>http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/guide/whatisntop.asp
>
>It also does authentication off the NT SAM !! I have been testing it
>and it works just fine. Setting up the default Radius profile took some
>tinckering. We have an Ascend Max 200+ using an IP pool to provide
>dynamic addresses to dialup clients. Here's the profile that works for
>me :
>
> Service-type : Framed
> Framed-Protocol : PPP
> Ascend-Assign-IP-Pool : 1
> Framed-IP-Netmask : 255.255.255.0
> Ascend-Route-IP : Route-IP-Yes
>
>The only downside is that it logs to a flat text file only - no ODBC
>yet. And the second hassle is that it has no inbuilt reporting utils
>for the accounting. So I'm currently in the process of doing these
>templates now.
>
>I think it's not a bad option though, considering that any decent Radius
>server that does authentication off the NT SAM costs around $5000.
>
>Cheers,
> Ron.
>
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