newbie questions using freeradius as wifi access point

[Alan DeKok]

"Will Carter" <wcarter at webitects.com> wrote:
> 1. I have a separate database from radius that authenticates the user's
> login/password. I delete all rows from from radcheck for this user. I delete
> all rows from radreply for this user. I add back a radcheck record and
> radreply session-timeout record that corresponds to how much time left that
> they have paid for. Now I log them in (using an xml command to my nas).

  Wow... why not just use the "sqlcounter" module, which keeps track
of all of this for you?

> The underlying problem with this set up is that

  ... it's unnecessarily complicated.

  Alan DeKok.