Radius Messages And Radius Attributes - Proxim Orinoco AP-2500 User Manual

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Public Space Parameters
Data Volume Information Transmission (bytes sent/received)
The AP's RADIUS client implementation allows a hotspot operator to accurately track the exact number of bytes sent
and received by a subscriber based on:
User Name
IP address (Framed IP)
MAC address of the user (Calling Station ID)
As shown in the
Sample RADIUS
"Stop" messages. As mentioned previously, Accounting "Stop" messages can be generated by:
An explicit customer logout (via ICC or by typing http://1.1.1.1/)
Session time-out
Idle time-out
Deleting the user from the AP's
The message will indicate the type of action that initiated the Accounting "Stop". To ensure accuracy, the AP
temporarily saves the Accounting information per user in case of a device reboot.

RADIUS Messages and RADIUS Attributes

The AP-2500's RADIUS functionality can be broken down into the following categories:
Authentication-Request
Authentication-Reply (Accept)
Accounting-Request
Authentication-Request Attributes
Username
— Included if enabled.
Password
Service-Type
NAS-Port (communication port number)
NAS-Identifier
— Included if enabled on AP.
Framed-IP
— The subscriber's IP address.
— Included if enabled on AP.
Called-Station-Id
— The AP's MAC address.
Calling-Station-Id
— The subscriber's MAC address.
NAS-IP
— The AP's IP address
NAS-Port-Type
— Included if enabled on AP.
Acct-Session-ID
— The Acct-Session-ID is created when the RADIUS authentication request is built. It is transmitted in both
the Authentication-Request and the Accounting-Request.
EAP-Packet
— Used for 802.1x authentication.
Message-Authenticator
— Used for 802.1x authentication.
State
— Used for challenge/response authentication for 802.1x authentication.
Transmissions, the byte counts are sent in the Accounting "Alive" and Accounting
Current Subscribers
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