radius/diameter

[Alan DeKok]

Alexandre Chapellon wrote:
> We are in the process of changing our billing system. As far as I can
> tell most vendors of "billingware" (such sage highdeal etc...), et least
> the one we have met, now prefer using diameter interfaces over radius.
> It seems even more true when it comes to telco specialists.

  Yeah.  Telcos use diameter for a lot of 3G things.

> Unfortunately a lot of our network devices do not supports diameter
> right now (untill we change them).

  Most network devices will *never* support Diameter.

> Does networkradius, also have experience in deploying diameter? Does the
> free implementation of diameter are reliable or proven (may be you have
> your own)?

  There's "freediameter", which seems to work.  But I don't think it's
been used in production systems.

> And at least is it possible to build some kind of gateway between radius
> and diameter?

  Yes.  Freediameter has a diameter to RADIUS gateway.

  Alan DeKok.