I agree. I'm wondering if you could recommend a setup that would allow the
radius servers to handle authentication whether the Plat server is there or
not. I was thinking of using perl scripts to update both databases so that
they would stay in sync (I just don't trust MS SQL... )
I've got the radius backend in PostgreSQL. I see that Platypus will ftp a
flat file off, but I'm just not familiar enough with the SQL side of things
to work out the best way to sync database to database. Multiple accounting
clauses and a cron job for user updates, maybe?
Cheers,
Gordon
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Hugh Irvine
Sent: Tuesday, 20 February 2001 13:35
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: (RADIATOR) multiple POPs
Hello Gordon -
At 9:59 +1300 01/2/20, Gordon Smith wrote:
>We're currently setting up Platypus as well.
>
>One radius server can talk to as many NAS's as you like - just set then up
>to auth to the same server.
>I'm looking at keeping the Radiator server separate from Platypus and using
>perl scripts to update the radius database, and sending accounting info
back
>from radius to Platypus. The idea is not to load one server up excessively,
>which could interfere with authentication.
>
In general terms, you should always have at least two Radiator hosts
and configure your NAS(s) to use one as the primary radius host and
the other as the secondary radius host. This is for redundancy in the
face of one of your Radiator hosts going down. Of course, both
Radiator hosts can connect to the same backend SQL/Platypus host,
which I agree should be on a seperate machine (preferably with
hot-swap RAID disks).
hth
Hugh
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