I said:

Is the rlm_sqlippool in 1.1.6 known to work with MySQL 5?

Actually, I'm fairly sure it's not even getting as far as talking to the db. No matter what I try, it just tells me 'missing pool_name'.

Turns out I borked something else in the users file which was breaking the Pool-Name statement in sqlippool mode. The next problem was getting the sqlippool queries to work. After more head / desk pounding, just after I finally got them working, I found this post with pretty much the same changes for MySQL in it: http://www.mail-archive.com/freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org/msg30520.h... So ... I'm now happily autenticating against my Windows AD (using PAM and winbind), assigning PPPOE rate limit information via per user radreply table entries, assigning IP's from sqlippools based on 'Called-Station-ID', and accounting in the database. I am now officially a Happy Camper. Thanks to everyone who has answered my questions over the last week or so. -- hugh