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Re: (ASCEND) Radius accounting

> Date:          Fri, 10 Jul 1998 12:19:11 +0800
> From:          "Vinh NGO" <vninfo@ca.com.au>
> To:            ascend-users@max.bungi.com
> Subject:       (ASCEND) Radius accounting

> I have ISDN users connected to our MAX4000.
> 
> I have radius to disconnect users after 1 week connection to
> collect stat for accounting.
> 
> My question is if the MAX reset before I disconnect users and
> collect stat, then my 1 week long stat lost. I don't want to
> discconect user every day either.
> 
> Any one have a work around this?  I am thinking of a polling
> daemon to collect stat using SNMP and manually collect stat
> if the MAX reset.
> 
> 
if I understand you correctly, you want to process your accounting 
file from week to week and you're concerned about what happens if 
RADIUS stops or the MAX falls over in that period.

I have a Perl script that stops RADIUS, renames the 'detail' files 
and then re-starts RADIUS (within a couple of seconds) so I have 
distinct weekly accounting files for processing.  That way I have 
a record of activity for each MAX for each week and can process 
them without affecting the current accounting records. Its' pretty 
easy... and I'm happy to share the script with you if you want.

As far as RADIUS  falling over .. well, when you re-start it, the 
accounting information continues to be written to the same 'detail' 
file as it always was... so you lose whatever transacted between the 
failure and the re-start. UNLESS you have a secondary (backup) RADIUS 
server.

If you are keen on monitoring calls using SNMP, I recently wrote a 
script in Perl that monitors MAX usage and kills users who have been 
on the longest (according to some rules).  I'm happy to share it with 
you if you would like a copy.

Hope this helps you.

Regards,




Michael

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