radius newbie question

[gahn]

thanks.

giraffe is the temp hostname (for now).. it is behind a dsl link at this moment and this public address is listed in ddns.

once i pointed my /etc/resolv.conf to that ddns provider,the "radtest" worked as it is designed.

But why?

--- On Sat, 8/28/10, Alan Buxey <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk> wrote:

> From: Alan Buxey <A.L.M.Buxey at lboro.ac.uk>
> Subject: Re: radius newbie question
> To: "FreeRadius users mailing list" <freeradius-users at lists.freeradius.org>
> Date: Saturday, August 28, 2010, 11:46 AM
> Hi,
> 
> > host# radtest testing password localhost 10
> testing123
> > radclient:: Failed to find IP address for giraffe
> > radclient: Nothing to send.
> 
> where does giraffe come from?  whats in your
> /etc/resolv.conf?
> 
> alan
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