On Thu, 30 Sep 1999, Paul Thornton wrote:

> Can you please explain why we are starting to get this problem.
> 
> schliebs        4       Start   Tue Sep 28 16:52:16 1999
> schliebs        4       Stop    Tue Sep 28 16:53:16 1999 User-Request
> schliebs        4       Start   Tue Sep 28 16:53:47 1999
> schliebs        4       Start   Tue Sep 28 16:55:17 1999

I used to get these on occasion on my Merit RADIUS server even across my
local LAN. I think it was my server not coping with the responses fast
enough. My Ascend box seemed particularly picky about timing.

> As you can see from the above record, this user had a Start and Stop
> record a minute apart and then shortly after we received 2 more Start
> records from them? This causes our Accounting Server to re-add them to our
> online database which then continues to deduct their time.

I've ended up billing on stop records. Sure I lose some calls now and then
but I found it was much better than the constant complaints of duplicated
sessions on the customers' bills. Your mileage my vary; I'm just sharing
my experience. :)

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