Re: Accounting : server and port 1813

[YvesDM <ydmlog@gmail.com>]

On 11/12/06, James Wakefield <jamesw@deakin.edu.au> wrote:

> - if my wifi router is not able to be configured for accounting my network is
> not able to do accounting because station(s) cannot contact 1813.
>

That's correct - at least, you won't be able to do RADIUS accounting
with your wifi router.  Depending on your network's topology and what
other equipment you may have you may be able to use another method to
provide accounting.  Chillispot (http://www.chillispot.org/ ) might do
what you want.  You might even be able to use the iptables byte counters
on your Linux server and route traffic through it if you have no other
options.

Just a little addition here.
Chillispot indeed does that, but if you want an all in one solution to replace your wifi router,
M0n0wall is worth to take a look at. http://m0n0.ch/wall/
I use it in hotspot setups with freeradius and it works flawlessly.

Sincerely, Yves