Re: USR NetServer x USR NetServer Plus

Einstein Oliveira ( einstein@yawl.com.br )
Sun, 14 Jun 1998 22:12:01 -0300

Chris Thomas wrote:
>
> Have you checked the output from running RadiusNT in debug mode. We found
> that the Netserver Plus was sending a larger than normal session ID, and as
> a result, the field wasn't large enough and the record was rejected.
> Checkout the debug errors and see if this is your problem.
>

That's it ! but now another question:

How much can I increase the size of AcctSessionId field in the calls
table Dale ?

> Chris Thomas
> Westnet Internet Services
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Einstein Oliveira [mailto:einstein@yawl.com.br]
> > Sent: Sunday, 14 June 1998 10:03
> > To: radiusnt@iea-software.com
> > Subject: Re: USR NetServer x USR NetServer Plus
> >
> >
> > Tim Pitman wrote:
> > >
> > > The old and new netserver will accept 255.255.255.254 to
> > assign an IP
> > > address from the pool.
> >
> > This solved the connection problem but I still have problems
> > with accounting.
> > Here is a syslog message from NS Plus:
> >
> > Jun 13 20:03:45 nsplus At 20:02:07, Facility "User Manager",
> > Level "CRITICAL"::
> > AUTH: No acknowledgement from RADIUS accounting servers,
> > reached max number of
> > timeouts
> >
> >
> > I'm using the same RadiusNT Server for Authentication and Accounting.
> >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Einstein Oliveira <einstein@yawl.com.br>
> > > To: radiusnt@iea-software.com <radiusnt@iea-software.com>
> > > Date: Saturday, June 13, 1998 9:07 AM
> > > Subject: Re: USR NetServer x USR NetServer Plus
> > >
> > > >Dale E. Reed Jr. wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Einstein Oliveira wrote:
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Hi,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I don't think that this is a problem with
> > RadiusNT but maybe
> > > this happened with
> > > >> > someone in this list.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Actually we have a few USR NetServer 16 V.34
> > working with
> > > Radius 2.2.41 and
> > > >> > everything is fine with IP's being automatically
> > assigned by the
> > > NetServer.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Now we're trying to put a USR NetServer Plus
> > V.34 to work with
> > > these guys but
> > > >> > there are some problems that I can't figure out why
> > they are happening.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > When I connect through NetServer Plus the call
> > is authenticated
> > > only if the
> > > >> > Framed-Addres attribute is set in the RadConfigs to
> > the account; If not
> > > (wich
> > > >> > has been working perfectly with old NetServers) the
> > connection is
> > > dropped and in
> > > >> > both cases no account records are generated in the calls table.
> > > >>
> > > >> Could it be that you don't have an address pool
> > configured on the NS
> > > Plus?
> > > >>
> > > >> --
> > > >> Dale E. Reed Jr. (daler@iea-software.com)
> > > >> _________________________________________________________________
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> > > >
> > > > I forgot to mention that if I set the attribute
> > Framed-Address to 0.0.0.0
> > > the
> > > >NS Plus assign the address from the pool and if I set to
> > some fixed address
> > > of
> > > >my network it also works but in both cases there are no
> > account records
> > > >generated and worst, when I tried connect in an old NS
> > they do not accept
> > > >0.0.0.0 in the Framed-Address attribute and thus drop the line.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Einstein Oliveira
> >