Hello Jim -

You need it in *both* AuthBy RADIUS clauses.

regards

Hugh


On 2 May 2013, at 15:56, Jim Tyrrell <[email protected]> wrote:

> I already have IgnoreAccountingResponse in my AuthBy RADIUS below, is that 
> the correct place for it?
> 
> Jim.
> 
> On 02/05/2013 00:38, Hugh Irvine wrote:
>> Hello Jim -
>> 
>> Just add "IgnoreAccountingResponse" to your AuthBy RADIUS clauses.
>> 
>> See section 5.32.30 in the Radiator 4.11 reference manual ("doc/ref.pdf").
>> 
>> regards
>> 
>> Hugh
>> 
>> 
>> On 2 May 2013, at 04:49, Jim Tyrrell <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I have a default accounting handler which currently formats a few
>>> attributes via a hook, updates a MySQL database with session info, and
>>> then relays the RADIUS packet onto a couple of Cisco management servers
>>> (so they can maintain a mapping of user to IP).
>>> 
>>> We have always had a few "Unknown reply received in AuthRADIUS", but
>>> quite rarely and then only a handful at a time so ignored them.  I had
>>> assumed it was down to the remote RADIUS replying after Radiator had
>>> timed out the request (RetryTimeout 5) and so it was no longer valid -
>>> is that a correct assumption?
>>> 
>>> However, I then added another AuthBy between the MySQL update and the
>>> RADIUS proxy to update a 2nd MySQL server (that will eventually replace
>>> the current MySQL), and now I get floods of "Unknown reply received in
>>> AuthRADIUS" approx 10 seconds after starting the RADUS process.  I have
>>> 'Retries 2' so 10 seconds would be the time taken before giving up the
>>> AuthBy RADIUS.
>>> 
>>> I dont understand why adding in an AuthBy before the AuthBy RADIUS could
>>> have an impact?  Even if the new AuthBy is slow, and I dont believe it
>>> is as I have seen no timeouts for it, then wouldnt that just delay the
>>> RADIUS proxy sending rather than effect its performance?  My accounting
>>> handler is as follows:
>>> 
>>> <Handler>
>>>     AuthByPolicy ContinueAlways
>>>     AccountingHandled
>>>     PreProcessingHook file:"%D/scripts/format_attributes.pl"
>>> 
>>> ## Log User session status to MySQL servers via insert/update/delete
>>> statements
>>>     AuthBy RadiusOnline-Start
>>>     AuthBy RadiusOnline-Alive
>>>     AuthBy RadiusOnline-Stop
>>> 
>>> ##  NEW AuthBy to log to new MySQL server via stored procedure
>>>     AuthBy RadiusSessionUpdate
>>> 
>>> ## Proxy accounting packet to Cisco management server 10.153.253.1
>>>     AuthBy Proxy-to-CiscoSM
>>> 
>>> ## Proxy accounting packet to Cisco management server 10.153.253.12
>>>     AuthBy Proxy-to-CiscoSM_lab
>>> 
>>> </Handler>
>>> 
>>> The remote RADIUS servers are defined as such:
>>> <AuthBy RADIUS>
>>>         Identifier Proxy-to-CiscoSM
>>>         <Host 10.153.253.1>
>>>                 Secret mypassword
>>>                 RetryTimeout 5
>>>                 Retries 2
>>>         </Host>
>>>         IgnoreAccountingResponse
>>>         NoDefault
>>> </AuthBy>
>>> 
>>> The messages I get are:
>>> Wed May  1 19:18:53 2013: WARNING: Unknown reply received in AuthRADIUS
>>> for request 26 from 10.153.253.1:1646
>>> Wed May  1 19:18:53 2013: WARNING: Unknown reply received in AuthRADIUS
>>> for request 26 from 10.153.253.12:1646
>>> Wed May  1 19:18:53 2013: WARNING: Unknown reply received in AuthRADIUS
>>> for request 27 from 10.153.253.1:1646
>>> Wed May  1 19:18:53 2013: WARNING: Unknown reply received in AuthRADIUS
>>> for request 27 from 10.153.253.12:1646
>>> Wed May  1 19:18:54 2013: WARNING: Unknown reply received in AuthRADIUS
>>> for request 29 from 10.153.253.1:1646
>>> 
>>> I thought about changing the order of the AuthBy's and tweaking the
>>> timeouts but want to try and understand how the additional AuthBy could
>>> of resulted in this issue before blindly try other things.  I guess
>>> ideally I need to do trace 4 debugs and packet captures to verify delays
>>> in the remote RADIUS replying, but the server is very busy and its hard
>>> to piece the incoming and outgoing Radius packets together in all the noise.
>>> 
>>> Thanks.
>>> 
>>> Jim.
>>> 
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>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Hugh Irvine
>> [email protected]
>> 
>> Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server
>> anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald,
>> Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP, TLS,
>> TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP,
>> DIAMETER etc.
>> Full source on Unix, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, VMS, NetWare etc.
>> 
> 


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Hugh Irvine
[email protected]

Radiator: the most portable, flexible and configurable RADIUS server 
anywhere. SQL, proxy, DBM, files, LDAP, NIS+, password, NT, Emerald, 
Platypus, Freeside, TACACS+, PAM, external, Active Directory, EAP, TLS, 
TTLS, PEAP, TNC, WiMAX, RSA, Vasco, Yubikey, MOTP, HOTP, TOTP,
DIAMETER etc. 
Full source on Unix, Windows, MacOSX, Solaris, VMS, NetWare etc.

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