Refresh interval for end users devices

[Rando Nakarmi]

Thanks for your reply.

This is what I see for martin, you can see every 1 or 2 minutes, radius
server is getting auth request

Sep 24 11:47:04 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7 via TLS tunnel)
Sep 24 11:47:04 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7)
Sep 24 11:47:06 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7 via TLS tunnel)
Sep 24 11:47:06 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7)
Sep 24 11:47:28 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7 via TLS tunnel)
Sep 24 11:47:28 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7)
Sep 24 11:47:35 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7 via TLS tunnel)
Sep 24 11:47:35 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7)
Sep 24 11:48:10 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7 via TLS tunnel)
Sep 24 11:48:10 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7)
Sep 24 11:48:14 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7 via TLS tunnel)
Sep 24 11:52:21 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7 via TLS tunnel)
Sep 24 11:52:21 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7)
Sep 24 11:57:48 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7 via TLS tunnel)
Sep 24 11:57:49 radiusfront1 radiusd[28569]: Login OK: [martin] (from
client acesspoint13 port 0 cli 97-d5-c7-8e-06-g7)

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 11:52 AM, Alan DeKok <aland at deployingradius.com>
wrote:

> Rando Nakarmi wrote:
> > For example, my phone got connected - authenticated, then i locked the
> > phone, after a while  I open the phone, when it re-scan the network it
> > actually sends the authentication request- gets re-authenticated.
>
>   That's how it works.  The phone disconnects from the access point in
> order to save battery life.  Since it's disconnected, when it goes back
> online, it has to re-connect and re-authenticate.
>
> > Is there a way, it only authenticates once, if you are in same wireless
> > access point ? I meant, when device re-scans the network and if you are
> > with the same Wireless access point not to send the auth request to the
> > server over and and over ?
>
>   You can use session caching.  See the "cache" subsection of the "eap"
> module.  It will make later authentications faster.  But it won't stop
> them from coming.
>
>   In this case, the WiFi phone is asking for re-authentication, and the
> NAS is requiring re-authentication.  RADIUS is just receiving the
> authentication requests, and processing them.
>
>   Alan DeKok.
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