EAP session matching the State variable

[marco perugini]

Alan DeKok ha scritto:
> marco perugini wrote:
>   
>> hi list, i use freeradius [v 2.1.1] in wimax context and from yesterday
>> this message is driving me crazy: "EAP session matching the State variable".
>>     
>
>   That's "NO eap session matching..."
>
>   
>> here's the use-case: i do auth and connection all right but if/when i lost my
>> connection and i try to reconnect that massage shows me up in radius' debug;
>>     
>
>   Then your supplicant and/or access point is broken.  If the supplicant
> loses association with the AP, then EAP *must* be re-started from
> scratch.  Re-using State attributes from previous EAP sessions will
> cause authentication to fail on *every* single RADIUS server that exists.
>   
hi alan! thank for your feedback, kind as usual..
is there a way to restart eap session? is there some script to run to
have EAP
restarted from scratch?

best regards, marco
>   
>> in about 20 min i succeed in reconnecting. i thought radius was stateless..
>>     
>
>   No.  EAP requires state.  The AP maintains state for EAP sessions.
>
>   
>> do you know if there is some config changes to do to avoid this trouble?
>>     
>
>   Fix the AP so that it doesn't re-use old State attributes.
>
>   Alan DeKok.
>
>   

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