To check Simultaneous against 2 NASes

[tnt at kalik.co.yu]

There are reports on the list that on odd occasion Simultaneous-Use
dosn't work with Cisco NAS. Turns out that sometimes OID in checkrad
needs to be changed. But if it works ...

Ivan Kalik
Kalik Informatika ISP


Dana 12/6/2007, "Irina" <irina at nas.net> piše:

>Thanks so much.  It makes a perfect sense.  I now understand that the NAS
>(that the user has been connected on) will be pulled out of MySQL with
>simul_verify_query and checked against of that NAS, not the one that a user
>is trying to connect through.
>
>>>There might be trouble with Cisco clients as the OID in checkrad is a bit
>dated.
>Can you explain a little more.  We do have 2 Cisco.  Checkrad itself works
>fine, I can see it in checkrad.log
>
>Thank you again.
>Irina
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>> >Checked in sql.conf, there are 2 queries for Simultaneous:
>"simul_count_query" and "simul_verify_query".  Are they both needed to get
>Simultaneous working?
>>
>> No. If you set your nastype to "other" in clents.conf verify query
>> won't be used.
>>
>> >A question would be more about "simul_verify_query". Is it used for
>Simultaneous as well?
>>
>> Yes, if you specify nastype other than "other" (oh, dear; I am sure
>> this can be put better). Then that query will get parameters for
>> checkrad to query NAS about the existance of that session.
>>
>> >I therefore don't need to change anything in here, do I?
>>
>> No, you don't. It will all work fine with two clents as well.
>>
>> >The problem is we have 2 NASes.  How can I check if a user is connected
>(or not connected) on NAS1 and NAS2?
>>
>> simul_count_query will get all open sessions. simul_verify_query will get
>> to what NAS and port those sessions are bound to. checkrad will then
>> query appropriate NAS for each session to check if it is still open.
>>
>> It will all work fine - as long as checkrad script works for you. There
>> might be trouble with Cisco clients as the OID in checkrad is a bit
>> dated.
>>
>> Ivan Kalik
>> Kalik Informatika ISP
>>
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