Re: SMUX

[Leo Edmiston-Cyr]

Nathan Kufner wrote:

 I was under the impression that SMUX/SNMP was integral to the radius
server.
It can be :)

I am still unsure as to what functionality I just turned off.
What does having SNMP (dis|en)abled on freeRadius mean for the radius
server?  What kind of functionality do I gain or lose?
Long answer: SNMP/SMUX being enabled inside the radiusd server allows it 
to be polled using a seperate SNMP agent (for example 
http://net-snmp.sourceforge.net/) that connects to the radius server.  
This agent can then be polled by any SNMP managment software (for 
example http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/) to get 
statistics from the radius server and possibly put them in a database or 
graph (depending on the functionality of the SNMP mgmt software you 
use).  This can enable you to easily graph or log the utilization of 
your RADIUS server in terms of authentications per second or minute and 
other variables relating to the functioning of your RADIUS server.

Short answer: You can get RADIUS utilization statistics with a piece of 
SNMP managment software like MRTG 
(http://people.ee.ethz.ch/~oetiker/webtools/mrtg/) when SNMP/SMUX is 
turned on.

 Sorry if these
are newb questions, but I haven't found any docs or mail archive posts
that explains that one to me yet.  Does anyone know the answer or where
I can find the answer?
Most of what you are asking is basically "What is SNMP/SMUX anyway?"  To 
have that question answered look over the FAQ and other docs at the 
net-snmp site I mentioned above.

Good luck.



Thanks in advanced,
Nathan Kufner
 



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