thanks for all you input so far, and i am still looking, trying to use the hint and huntgroup file for a work around so success yet. By the way i should mention the code worked perfectly well with redhat 9. [00-0423-236767-676752-6752-52] the first and the last octet works, its just {2} - {5} that acting up. additional information my auth-log file Packet-Type = Access-Request Thu May 11 18:33:02 2006 NAS-IP-Address = 1.5.1.32 User-Name = "00042367672f" User-Password = "00042367672f" Calling-Station-Id = "00042367672F" Called-Station-Id = "000B8602DD80" NAS-Port = 0 NAS-Port-Type = Wireless-802.11 Vendor-14823-Attr-5 = 0x4e5355 Vendor-14823-Attr-6 = 0x302e302e30 Client-IP-Address = 1.5.1.3 Debug output [root@nos-wings done]# radiusd -d /etc/ciscoraddb/ -X Starting - reading configuration files ... reread_config: reading radiusd.conf Config: including file: /etc/ciscoraddb/clients.conf Config: including file: /etc/ciscoraddb/snmp.conf Config: including file: /etc/ciscoraddb/sql.conf main: prefix = "/usr" main: localstatedir = "/var" main: logdir = "/var/log/ciscoradius" main: libdir = "/usr/lib" main: radacctdir = "/var/log/ciscoradius/radacct" main: hostname_lookups = no main: max_request_time = 30 main: cleanup_delay = 5 main: max_requests = 1024 main: delete_blocked_requests = 0 main: port = 1814 main: allow_core_dumps = no main: log_stripped_names = no main: log_file = "/var/log/ciscoradius/radius.log" main: log_auth = yes main: log_auth_badpass = yes main: log_auth_goodpass = no main: pidfile = "/var/run/radiusd/ciscoradiusd.pid" main: bind_address = 137.52.128.40 IP address [137.52.128.40] main: user = "nobody" main: group = "nobody" main: usercollide = no main: lower_user = "no" main: lower_pass = "no" main: nospace_user = "no" main: nospace_pass = "no" main: checkrad = "/usr/sbin/checkrad" main: proxy_requests = no security: max_attributes = 200 security: reject_delay = 0 security: status_server = no main: debug_level = 0 read_config_files: reading dictionary read_config_files: reading naslist Using deprecated naslist file. Support for this will go away soon. read_config_files: reading clients read_config_files: reading realms There appears to be another RADIUS server running on the authentication port 1814