Chapter 1: Configuration
Configuring a RADIUS server
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Sender
Message
Attribute
Value
Description
Acct-Input-Packets
Sum of unicast and multicast
packets that are sent to a
particular SM over the regular
data VC and the high priority
data VC (if enabled). It will
not include broadcast.
Acct-Output-
Packets
Sum of unicast and multicast
packets that are sent from a
particular SM over the regular
data VC and the high priority
data VC (if enabled).
The data accounting configuration is located on the AP’s Accounts > User Authentication and Access
Tracking GUI menu, and the AP’s Authentication Mode must be set to Radius AAA for the menu to
appear. The accounting may be configured via the AP GUI as shown in the figures below. By default
accounting messages are not sent and the operator has the choice of configuring to send only Device
Access accounting messages (when a user logs in or out of the radio), only Data Usage messages, or
both. When Data Accounting is enabled, the operator must specify the interval of when the data
accounting messages are sent (0 – disabled, or in the range of 30-10080 minutes). The default interval
is 30 minutes.
Figure 50 RADIUS accounting messages configuration
The data accounting message data is based on the SM statistics that the AP maintains, and these
statistics may be cleared on the AP by an operator. If an operator clears these messages and data
accounting is enabled, an accounting stop message is sent followed by an accounting start message to
notify the AAA of the change.
If an operator clears the VC statistics on the device through the management GUI, a RADIUS stop
message and data start message is issued for each device affected. The start and stop messages will
only be sent once every 5 minutes, so if an operator clears these statistics multiple times within 5
minutes, only one set of data stop/start messages is sent. This may result in inaccurate data
accumulation results.
RADIUS Device Re-authentication
PMP 450 Platform systems include support for periodic SM re-authentication in a network without
requiring the SM to re-register (and drop the session). The re-authentication may be configured to
occur in the range of every 30 minutes to weekly.
Summary of Contents for PMP 450 AP
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