Seems fine Tacack theoretically. If we can lab it out, then it should be
clear.

With regards
Kings

On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Vybhav Ramachandran <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hello Kings,
>
> Thanks for the response. So this is somewhat similar to the dot1x max-req
> and max-reauth-period commands?
>
> Ok, i'm going to use an example.
>
> Suppose i've configured the :
>
>    - *radius-server deadtime 1*
>    - *radius-server dead-criteria time 30 tries 3*
>
> My understanding is that, first the NAS sends the radius access-request to
> the radius server and waits for the response. According the dead-criteria,
> it waits for 30 seconds and if it receives no response, it tries again and
> increments the tries counter to 1. It tries for 2 more times ( 30 X 2 = 60
> seconds ) and it then marks the radius-server as "DOWN".
>
> Now, after the radius-server is marked as down, no further access-request
> messages are sent to the radius-server for the duration of time configured
> using the "radius-server deadtime 1" command , i.e 1 minute. So after one
> minute, the whole process starts all over again?
>
> The caveat to this whole thing is that , unless we configure the
> radius-server deadtime command, even though the radius server fails to
> respond after 3 attempts, it will still be shown as up and the NAS will keep
> trying to contact the radius-server.
>
> Please correct me if i've erred somewhere.
>
> Cheers,
> TacACK
>
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