> Hello list, > > I'm new to Radius in general, so please excuse me for this question > which I'm sure is probably quite simple. I've spent ages looking through > the archives and have been unable to find an answer to my question. > > I'm trying to set up a Wi-Fi hotspot that will use prepaid tickets > (scratch-cards) using NoCatAuth 0.82 + RADIUS patch and FreeRadius > 1.0.0-1 on Debian Linux i386. I have the hotspot part working fine, I am > able to connect and can use a username and password combo in the > /etc/freeradius/users file to authenticate and connect. > > The problem I'm having is with timeouts. I understand that > Session-Timeout can be sent to the NAS (in this case NoCat) on > acceptance, and the NAS is supposed to handle chucking the user off > after the appropriate number of seconds. I also understand that the > counter module is supposed to keep track of some predefined limit and > send the appropriate Session-Timeout, decrementing the time remaining as > time is used up. I have enabled the counter module, put it in > instantiate, authorize and accounting (making sure it is after "files" > in the authorize section), and set a Max-Daily-Session value in the > users file. > > However, when I connect, the rlm_counter module just says "We only run > on Accounting-Stop packets", but as the user is never going to log out > (he is meant to time out) this means the counter never gets run, and he > can stay logged in indefinitely. Do I need a patch to rlm_counter, or do > I need to modify the NAS (NoCat)? > > Could someone please help me with this? I know that I must just be > missing some basic information on how Radius and NASes work, but I don't > know what it is as I'm new to it all. Please excuse my ignorance! > > Thank you very much. >
There is a better solution that NoCat. Use FreeRadius + ChilliSpot ( www.chillispot.org ) Bartosz - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
