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Task 15: Configuring a RADIUS server
Attribute Meaning
Accounting Messages
disable no accounting messages are sent to the RADIUS
server
deviceAccess accounting messages are sent to the RADIUS
server regarding device access (see Table 63).
Access
Tracking
To track logon and logoff times on individual radios by technicians, installers, and
administrators, on the AP or SM’s Account > User Authentication and Access
Tracking tab
under
Accounting (Access Tracking) set Accounting Messages to
“deviceAccess”.
Device Access Tracking is enabled separately from User Authentication Mode. A
given AP
or
SM can be configured for both, either, or
neither.
RADIUS Device Data Accounting
PMP 450i systems include support for RADIUS accounting messages for usage-based
billing. This accounting includes indications for subscriber session establishment,
subscriber session disconnection, and bandwidth usage per session for each SM that
connects to the AP. The attributes included in the RADIUS accounting messages are shown
in the table below.
Table 63 Device data accounting RADIUS attributes
Sender Message Attribute Value Description
AP Accounting-
Request
Acct-Status-Type
1 - Start
This message is sent
every time a SM
registers with an AP,
and after the SM stats
are cleared.
Acct-Session-Id
Unique per AP session.
Initial value is SM
MAC, and increments
after every start
message sent of an in
session SM.
Event-Timestamp
UTC time the event
occurred on the AP
AP
Accounting-
Request
Acct-Status-Type
2 - Stop
This message is sent
every time a SM
becomes unregistered
with an AP, and when
the SM stats are
cleared.
Acct-Session-Id
Unique per AP session.
Initial value is SM
MAC, and increments
after every start
message sent of an in
session SM.
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