Quoting.... control: variable to the server{} block; that way, if you wanted to, local sites could do this: preacct { if (control:FreeRADIUS-Acct-QueueLoad > 50) { ok } else { .. } } if you have this sort I'd thing exposed you could even then just decide to take the load off your server...either sending the packet to disk or off to another server.. buffered-sql or proxy-to-home... alan