Technical data

Radius Authentication
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attempt that made it switch is discarded and the next Radius access that occurs goes
to the Secondary Radius server. After about fifteen minutes, access reverts to the
Primary Radius Server.
In every Radius message (Start, Interim Update and Stop), the following attributes
are included:
Table 9: Radius Accounting Attributes
Radius Attribute Description
Session-ID
Client IP Address-Current Time - The session time returned
from the radius server has priority. If the radius server
doesn’t return the session time, the configured value is
used.
Status Type Accounting Start/Accounting Stop
Authentication Radius authentication
User-Name Username
User-Name Station Mac Address (station info)
NAS-IP Address Controller IP Address
NASPort Unique value (system generated)
Called Station-ID Controller MAC Address
Called Station-ID
Controller MAC Address:ESSID Name (Used to enforce what
ESS a station can connect to)
Calling Station-ID Station MAC address
Connect Info Radio Band of Station
Class Class Attribute
NAS-Identifier
Any string to identify controller (self) in Access Request
Packet. Min value 3 chars.
Acct-Input-Octets*
Number of octets received on this port (interface) and sent in
Accounting-Request when Accounting status type is STOP