Are you SURE you want to do this? RFC 2865, section 2.6 states:

"2.6.  Keep-Alives Considered Harmful

   Some implementers have adopted the practice of sending test RADIUS
   requests to see if a server is alive.  This practice is strongly
   discouraged, since it adds to load and harms scalability without
   providing any additional useful information.  Since a RADIUS request
   is contained in a single datagram, in the time it would take you to
   send a ping you could just send the RADIUS request, and getting a
   reply tells you that the RADIUS server is up.  If you do not have a
   RADIUS request to send, it does not matter if the server is up or
   not, because you are not using it.

   If you want to monitor your RADIUS server, use SNMP.  That's what
   SNMP is for."


regards,

/Magnus Andersson, Infogate AB


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Brooks
> Sent: den 14 januari 2002 16:31
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject: [WhatsUp Forum] unix radius monitoring
> 
> 
> hey all
> 
> I've been trying since WUG6 to get WUG to monitor the radius on our Unix
> servers.  Technical support was very limited on the subject.  I was
> wondering if anyone has gotten this to work yet?  & if so, any 
> advice?  I'm
> currently running WUG7.
> 
> I'm hoping I don't have to run Big Brother/Sister on another 
> server just to
> monitor radius when WUG says that you can.
> 
> James Brooks
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