Disconnect-Request packet

[N White]

N White wrote:

> Alan DeKok wrote:
>
>> N White <nwtech at tele-net.net> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Ok. I am trying to figure out how to disconnect a user, or to tell 
>>> the radius server to send a disconnect packet to the NAS for a 
>>> specific user. This is the command I am using:
>>>
>>> echo "User-Name = nickwhite" | radclient 192.168.1.1 disconnect 
>>> mysecret -x
>>>   
>>
>>
>>  Is 192.168.1.1 the IP address of the NAS?
>>
>>  
>>
>>> ad_recv: Disconnect-Request packet from host 192.168.1.2:47874, 
>>> id=139, length=31
>>> Unknown packet code 40 from client 192.168.1.2:47874 - ID 139 : IGNORED
>>>   
>>
>>
>>  FreeRADIUS doesn't listen for disconnect packets.  And, you're
>> sending the disconnect packet to the authentication port.  There's a
>> special port for disconnects, but I forget what it is.
>>
>>  
>>
>>> But why then is there a command as part of radclient to disconnect, 
>>> and what does that response exactly mean. Is there any way to 
>>> accomplish this?(disconnecting a user via radclient?)
>>>   
>>
>>
>>  Send the disconnect packet to the NAS.
>>
>>  Alan DeKok.
>>
>> - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See 
>> http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
>>
>>
>>  
>>
> Yes 192.168.1.1 is the NAS. I thought that's what radclient did - told 
> the RADIUS server to send a disconnect to the NAS that the 
> client(user) is connected to. I've tried sending the disconnect to the 
> NAS(Portmaster). Any particular port?
>
> Thanks.
>
My apology. 192.168.1.1 is the IP of the RADIUS server, NOT the NAS. 
Sorry about that.

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