freeradius is not loading clients

[Matthew Newton]

On 09/01/2024 11:27, Majed Zouhairy wrote:
> 121061: Jan  9 14:16:04.134: AAA/MEMORY: create_user (0x49EAF010) 
> user='donatello' ruser='NULL' ds0=0 port='' rem_addr='NULL' 
> authen_type=ASCII service=LOGIN priv=1 initial_task_id='0', vrf= 
> (id=0)No authoritative response from any server.
> 4G-E-1st#
> 121062: Jan  9 14:16:24.244: AAA/MEMORY: free_user (0x49EAF010) 
> user='donatello' ruser='NULL' port='' rem_addr='NULL' authen_type=ASCII 
> service=LOGIN priv=1 vrf= (id=0)
> 
> telnet to radius server 22 port succeeds, to port 1812 fails says
> telnet 10.16.11.12 1812
> Trying 10.16.11.12, 1812 ...
> % Destination unreachable; gateway or host down

RADIUS on port 1812 is UDP. Telnet will never work.

> why are packets not reaching the radius server even though it pings from 
> the switch?

You have a firewall on the network or on the RADIUS server, or a switch 
ACL which is blocking UDP packets.

-- 
Matthew