Specifications

Configuring Accounting for Wireless Network Users
17-56 Configuring AAA for Network Users
(Fordetailsaboutshowaccountingstatisticsoutput,refertotheRoamAboutMobilitySystem 
SoftwareCommandLineInterfaceReferenceGuide.Forinformationaboutaccountingupdaterecords,
referto“ViewingR oamingAccountingRecords”onpage 17‐57.Toconfigureaccountingona
RADIUSserver,refertothedocumentationforyourRADIUSserver.)
Configuring Periodic Accounting Update Records
IfyouhaveconfiguredMSStousestart‐stopmode,bydefaultaccounting updaterecordsare
generatedwhenauserroamsfromoneAPtoanother.Optionally, MSScangenerateupdate
recordsatspecifiedperiodicintervals.Thiscanbedoneinoneofthefollowingways:
•Byspecifyingavaluefor
theacct‐interim‐intervalattributeontheRADIUSserver.Ifthe
RADIUSserver’saccess‐acceptresponsecontainsthisattribute,thenMSSgeneratesupdate
recordsfortheuser’ssessionatthespecifiedinterval.
•Byspecifyingavaluefortheacct‐interim‐intervalattributefortheuserontheRoamAbout
Switch.Referto
thedescriptionoftheacct‐interim‐intervalattributeinTable 17‐5on
page 17‐42.
IfboththeRADIUSserverandtheRoamAboutSwitchsupplyavaluefortheuser’sacct‐interim‐
intervalattribute,thenthevaluefromthe RoamAboutSwitchtakesprecedence.
Ifthereisnoacct‐interim‐intervalattributevalueset,
oritissettozeroontheRoamAboutSwitch,
thenaccountingupdaterecordsaregeneratedonlywhenauserroamsfromoneAPtoanother.
Enabling System Accounting Messages
YoucanconfigureMSStosendanAccounting‐Onmessage(Acct‐Status‐Type=7)totheRADIUS
serverwhentheRoamAboutSwitchstarts,andanAccounting‐Offmessage(Acct‐Status‐Type=8)
totheRADIUSserverwhentheRoamAbou tSwitchisadminstrativelyshutdown.Todothis,use
the
followingcommand:
set accounting system method1 [method2] [method3] [method4]
Forexample,thefollowingcommandcausesAccounting‐OnandAccounting‐Offmessagestobe
senttoRADIUSservergroupshorebirds:
Session duration Session duration
Timestamp Timestamp
VLAN name VLAN name
Client’s MAC address Client’s MAC address
AP port number and radio number AP port number and radio number
AP’s MAC address AP’s MAC address
Number of octets received by the RoamAbout
Switch
Number of octets sent by the switch
Number of packets received by the switch
Number of packets sent by the switch
Start Records Update and Stop Records