Unmetered content
I'm trying to allow unmetered content over my network. Just shy of 1000 users. I'm looking to use freeradius for this, and want to know if/how it's possible. I don't think it's possible/under the purview of freeradius itself to distinguish between metered and unmetered traffic, I can have it done by another device and just come in on different physical ports on the machine. My first thoughts are having freeradius virtual servers defined. I can have the unmetered and metered traffic come in on different physical ports with separate IPs. The first port takes the metered content and authentication to one virtual server. The second port takes the unmetered content, with authentication proxied to the other virtual server. Then I'd measure data usage for both metered/unmetered networks by looking into each of the accounting tables for the virtual servers. Is this how it would work? How else could it be done? Are there any how-tos? Joshua C
On Feb 28, 2016, at 10:42 PM, Joshua Cameron <JoshuaC@ace.com.au> wrote:
I'm trying to allow unmetered content over my network. Just shy of 1000 users.
I'm looking to use freeradius for this, and want to know if/how it's possible.
FreeRADIUS can do anything if the NAS supplies the right data. i.e. does the NAS distinguish between the two content types, and put different attributes into a RADIUS packet? Or, does the NAS have one session for metered content, and another independent session for unmetered content? If "yes" to either, it's possible. If "no" to both, it's impossible. RADIUS is limited by the NAS capability. Most NASes can't do much of anything. :( Alan DeKok.
I'm using netflow, so I'll take a look and post back. Cheers. -----Original Message----- From: Freeradius-Users [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+joshuac=ace.com.au@lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf Of Alan DeKok Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 1:06 AM To: FreeRadius users mailing list Subject: Re: Unmetered content On Feb 28, 2016, at 10:42 PM, Joshua Cameron <JoshuaC@ace.com.au> wrote:
I'm trying to allow unmetered content over my network. Just shy of 1000 users.
I'm looking to use freeradius for this, and want to know if/how it's possible.
FreeRADIUS can do anything if the NAS supplies the right data. i.e. does the NAS distinguish between the two content types, and put different attributes into a RADIUS packet? Or, does the NAS have one session for metered content, and another independent session for unmetered content? If "yes" to either, it's possible. If "no" to both, it's impossible. RADIUS is limited by the NAS capability. Most NASes can't do much of anything. :( Alan DeKok. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
Alan, It currently doesn't do the first one And no for the second option. I'm using a CISCO router as my NAS. Are there any instructions on how to setup the CISCO NAS to put different attributes into RADIUS packets and I can start working from there? Joshua It's a CISCO router. -----Original Message----- From: Freeradius-Users [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+joshuac=ace.com.au@lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf Of Alan DeKok Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2016 1:06 AM To: FreeRadius users mailing list Subject: Re: Unmetered content On Feb 28, 2016, at 10:42 PM, Joshua Cameron <JoshuaC@ace.com.au> wrote:
I'm trying to allow unmetered content over my network. Just shy of 1000 users.
I'm looking to use freeradius for this, and want to know if/how it's possible.
FreeRADIUS can do anything if the NAS supplies the right data. i.e. does the NAS distinguish between the two content types, and put different attributes into a RADIUS packet? Or, does the NAS have one session for metered content, and another independent session for unmetered content? If "yes" to either, it's possible. If "no" to both, it's impossible. RADIUS is limited by the NAS capability. Most NASes can't do much of anything. :( Alan DeKok. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
On Mar 1, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Joshua Cameron <JoshuaC@ace.com.au> wrote:
Alan,
It currently doesn't do the first one And no for the second option.
Then it's impossible to implement what you want.
I'm using a CISCO router as my NAS.
Are there any instructions on how to setup the CISCO NAS to put different attributes into RADIUS packets and I can start working from there?
See the Cisco documentation. Alan DeKok.
Alan, Appreciate the point in the right direction, CISCO documentation it is. Joshua -----Original Message----- From: Freeradius-Users [mailto:freeradius-users-bounces+joshuac=ace.com.au@lists.freeradius.org] On Behalf Of Alan DeKok Sent: Wednesday, March 2, 2016 12:23 PM To: FreeRadius users mailing list Subject: Re: Unmetered content On Mar 1, 2016, at 6:10 PM, Joshua Cameron <JoshuaC@ace.com.au> wrote:
Alan,
It currently doesn't do the first one And no for the second option.
Then it's impossible to implement what you want.
I'm using a CISCO router as my NAS.
Are there any instructions on how to setup the CISCO NAS to put different attributes into RADIUS packets and I can start working from there?
See the Cisco documentation. Alan DeKok. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
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