hi, okay - got it to do the same with a straight radtest. here is the radiusd -X - several attempts that get proxied away..and never answered. remote site marked as zombie but then any valid requests just dont get serviced. Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Proxy-State = 0x3930 Proxying request 0 to home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Huntgroup-Name = "testuser1" Realm = "test1" Realm = "test1" Proxy-State = 0x3930 Going to the next request Waking up in 0.9 seconds. Waking up in 28.9 seconds. rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 32770, id=90, length=66 Sending duplicate proxied request to home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 - ID: 14 Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Huntgroup-Name = "testuser1" Realm = "test1" Realm = "test1" Proxy-State = 0x3930 Waking up in 26.9 seconds. rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 32770, id=90, length=66 Sending duplicate proxied request to home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 - ID: 14 Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Huntgroup-Name = "testuser1" Realm = "test1" Realm = "test1" Proxy-State = 0x3930 Waking up in 23.9 seconds. rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 32770, id=90, length=66 Sending duplicate proxied request to home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 - ID: 14 Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Huntgroup-Name = "testuser1" Realm = "test1" Realm = "test1" Proxy-State = 0x3930 Waking up in 20.9 seconds. rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 32770, id=90, length=66 Sending duplicate proxied request to home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 - ID: 14 Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Huntgroup-Name = "testuser1" Realm = "test1" Realm = "test1" Proxy-State = 0x3930 Waking up in 17.9 seconds. rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 32770, id=90, length=66 Sending duplicate proxied request to home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 - ID: 14 Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Huntgroup-Name = "testuser1" Realm = "test1" Realm = "test1" Proxy-State = 0x3930 Waking up in 14.9 seconds. rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 32770, id=90, length=66 Sending duplicate proxied request to home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 - ID: 14 Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Huntgroup-Name = "testuser1" Realm = "test1" Realm = "test1" Proxy-State = 0x3930 Waking up in 11.9 seconds. rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 32770, id=90, length=66 Sending duplicate proxied request to home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 - ID: 14 Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Huntgroup-Name = "testuser1" Realm = "test1" Realm = "test1" Proxy-State = 0x3930 Waking up in 8.9 seconds. rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 32770, id=90, length=66 Sending duplicate proxied request to home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 - ID: 14 Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Huntgroup-Name = "testuser1" Realm = "test1" Realm = "test1" Proxy-State = 0x3930 Waking up in 5.9 seconds. rad_recv: Access-Request packet from host 127.0.0.1 port 32770, id=90, length=66 Sending duplicate proxied request to home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 - ID: 14 Sending Access-Request of id 14 to 10.1.2.3 port 1812 User-Name = "testuser1@foo.bar" User-Password = "testing123" NAS-IP-Address = 10.1.2.2 NAS-Port = 1812 Huntgroup-Name = "testuser1" Realm = "test1" Realm = "test1" Proxy-State = 0x3930 Waking up in 2.9 seconds. Rejecting request 0 due to lack of any response from home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 WARNING: Unresponsive child (id 0) for request 0, in module <server-core> component <server-core> Found Post-Proxy-Type Going to the next request WARNING: Marking home server 10.1.2.3 port 1812 as zombie (it looks like it is dead). Waking up in 0.2 seconds. Child is finally responsive for request 0 after this, its a kill -9 job too on the server process. not just kill/killall or server restart via 'service' init.d tool. alan