Hello Jose -
Thanks for the information.
My understanding is that Acct-Input-Octets is the number of octets received by the NAS from the client PC, and that Acct-Output-Octets is the number of octets sent by the NAS to the client PC. I would suggest you set up a test bed and do some experiments just to be sure.
regards
Hugh
PS - Here is the relevant extract from rfc2866.txt (found in the doc directory of the Radiator distribution):
5.3. Acct-Input-Octets
Description
This attribute indicates how many octets have been received from
the port over the course of this service being provided, and can
only be present in Accounting-Request records where the Acct-
Status-Type is set to Stop.
A summary of the Acct-Input-Octets attribute format is shown below.
The fields are transmitted from left to right.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Value
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Value (cont) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Type
42 for Acct-Input-Octets.
Length
6
Value
The Value field is four octets.
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RFC 2866 RADIUS Accounting June 2000
5.4. Acct-Output-Octets
Description
This attribute indicates how many octets have been sent to the
port in the course of delivering this service, and can only be
present in Accounting-Request records where the Acct-Status-Type
is set to Stop.
A summary of the Acct-Output-Octets attribute format is shown below.
The fields are transmitted from left to right.
0 1 2 3
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
| Type | Length | Value
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Value (cont) |
+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Type
43 for Acct-Output-Octets.
Length
6
Value
The Value field is four octets.
On Friday, Jan 31, 2003, at 05:44 Australia/Melbourne, Jos� Costa Preto wrote:
Hello Hugh,
The registered company is COMNEXO (taken by ONITELECOM a couple years ago).
In fact I checked the RFC's but the description elave with some doubts. I would like to receive a clear answer.
The question is: Which field has the volume of bytes downloaded to the Client PC? Acct-input-octets or Acct-output-octets?
Best regards,
Jos�Preto
ONISI / MIB
-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh Irvine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: s�bado, 25 de Janeiro de 2003 7:24
To: Jos� Costa Preto
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Billing Downloads
Hello Jose -
I am still trying to ascertain the name of the registered company that
has purchased this copy of Radiator.
Could you please send me the username that you use to access the
software on the web site?
In answer to your question, you should check the Radius RFC's to
understand the meanings of the various attributes. You will find the
RFC's in the "doc" directory of the Radiator distribution.
regards
Hugh
On Friday, Jan 24, 2003, at 21:12 Australia/Melbourne, Jos� Costa Preto
wrote:
Hello, My name is Jos� Preto and I'm responsible for Mediation Device in ONI Telecom (Portuguese Telco Company).We have a usage sensible billing based on Megabytes downloaded by our ADSL Radiator customers. I'm almost sure that the field that I should use to do that is Acct-Output-Octets, but I would like to receive your confirmation, on the following sentences: Acct-Input-Octets = bytes uploaded by the client Acct-Output-Octets = bytes downloaded by the client Is that true? Best regards, Jos�Preto ONISI / MIB -----Original Message----- From: Hugh Irvine [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: sexta-feira, 24 de Janeiro de 2003 5:23 To: Jos� Costa Preto; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: (RADIATOR) Billing Downloads Hello Jose - I don't understand your question, sorry. Could you explain the problem in more detail please? BTW - could you please send me the name of the registered company that has purchased this copy of Radiator? regards HughHi, I would like to obtain a confirmation on fields Acct-Input-Octets and = Acct-Input-Octets. Which one shall be billed to our customers as = downloads.-- Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server anywhere. Available on *NIX, *BSD, Windows 95/98/2000, NT, MacOS X. - Nets: internetwork inventory and management - graphical, extensible, flexible with hardware, software, platform and database independence.-- Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server anywhere. Available on *NIX, *BSD, Windows 95/98/2000, NT, MacOS X. - Nets: internetwork inventory and management - graphical, extensible, flexible with hardware, software, platform and database independence.
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