Hello Kevin - > > I'm trying to get the synchronous config configured properly for two > ISPs. The box is just proxying, so no user files are being loaded, > therefore minimal memory consumption. When I leave the Fork out, > everything seems to authenticate fine, but when I insert a fork into my > config, I start to get long wait times from my access-requests and I > usually get No reply back. > > Here's a snapshot: > > <Realm myisp> > AcctLogFileName /var/account/radius/detail > PasswordLogFileName %D/password.log > RewriteUsername s/(.*)\@(.*)/$1/ > <AuthBy GROUP> > AuthByPolicy ContinueWhileReject > Fork > <AuthBy RADIUS> > Synchronous > Host radius1.myisp.net > Secret xxx > Retries 3 > RetryTimeout 15 > </AuthBy> > <AuthBy RADIUS> > Host radius2.myisp.net > Secret xxx > Retries 3 > RetryTimeout 15 > </AuthBy> > </AuthBy> > </Realm> > > My question is, where should I be forking at? I really don't need to be > forking for every user logging in, some get proxied elsewhere prior to > this, without this much hassle. Also, does radius2 need to be set to > Synchronous also, or does it not matter after the first one blocks? > I would be inclined to not use Fork if you are operating correctly without it. The Syncronous and Fork parameters are recent inclusions in the code and have been added at the request of some customers to solve specific problems. If you can avoid Fork you will be much better off from a performance point of view. hth Hugh -- Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, etc etc on Unix, Win95/8, NT, Rhapsody === Archive at http://www.thesite.com.au/~radiator/ To unsubscribe, email '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' with 'unsubscribe radiator' in the body of the message.
