Re: Bay Networks and RadiusNT

Mitch Wagers ( mwagers@ocsnet.net )
Sat, 07 Mar 1998 22:16:11 -0800

Yep, no revisions from Bay Networks for the accounting validation on their
boxes either...

At 08:41 PM 3/7/98 -0800, you wrote:
>Dave Mitton wrote:
>>
>> From RFC 2139, Acct-Status-Type
>>
>> 1= Start
>> 2= Stop
>> 7= Accounting-On
>> 8= Accounting-Off
>>
>> Accounting-On and -Off messages indicate the box is starting (or stopping)
>> Accounting service. Since they are box wide status, they will not have a
>> Username, Port, or Port-Type in them. Typically you will see the
>> Accounting-On at boot up. You should also see a couple VSAs in that
>> message indentifying the system type and software version. (if you are
>> running image R14.1 or better)
>
>If you note below there is NOT a NAS-Identifier or NAS-IP-Address
>attribute in this accounting packet. RFC 2139 specified that one or
>the other of those MUST be present. Thats the reason why RadiusNT 2.2
>is failing to ack the packet (its malformed).
>
>RadiusNT 2.5 basically ignored on/off accounting packets and acks
>them.
>
>> >We are having problems with the accounting from Bay Networks Terminal
>> >server writing into RadiusNT ODBC. It is rejecting it. We have it set
to go
>> >to a second text based radius and here is what it is writing.
>> >
>> >Mon Mar 02 13:01:25 1998
>> > Account-Status-Type = 7
>> > Acct-Session-Id = "2d0311de"
>> > Acct-Delay-Time = 427
>> >
>> >I don't know what Account-Status-Type = 7, usually we see this as STOP or
>> >START. Is this the reason RadiusNT is not sending an acknowledgement? Is
>> >there a dictionary entry required for Bay Networks? We are having no
>> >problems with our USR Total COntrols or Portmasters. Any help would be
>> >appreciated.
>
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