Thanks, I will try to simulate the case on 1.0.0-pre release. But I am still wondering why would the message "Error: Dropping conflicting packet from client xxx:xxxx - ID: zzz due to unfinished request yyyyyyy" be repeated for the same request. Does this mean that the NAS keeps resending the same request forever or it sends request with same ID but different vector (data) or it is something in the radius that considers the request a repeated one though it is not?
It might take sometime before we can upgrade to version 1.0.0 if it proved to work fine. Hence, I would like to know whether this behavior would have impact on served customers. For example, could it result in timeouts for some calls. Regards, -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Alan DeKok Sent: Saturday, June 26, 2004 5:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Unresponsive child and dropping conflicting packets Wisam Najim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After my Radius runs for some time (2 or 3 days with no crashes) I will > start getting "Error: WARNING: Unresponsive child (id mm) for request > yyyyyyy" and the message "Error: Dropping conflicting packet from client > xxx:xxxx - ID: zzz due to unfinished request yyyyyyy". 0.9.0 is old, and probably has a number of bugs which make these problems worse. I suggest testing the 1.0.0-pre3 release, to see if it has the same issue. If not, upgrade to 1.0.0 when it comes out. > Incase of unresponsive child request would the thread handling it be freed > or it will hang forever. It may end up hanging around forever, say if the database never returns anything to the thread. > I have checked the code documentation, It indicates that "Error: Dropping > conflicting packet from client xxx:xxxx - ID: zzz due to unfinished request > yyyyyyy" appears when the current request isn't finished. NAS send a new > packet, while radius is waiting for a proxy response. In my configuration I > am not using a proxy server though I kept the proxy option turned on in the > radiusd.conf file. Can this be a reason for the problem. No. The same problem can occur when the server is talking to a database, and the database doesn't respond. Alan DeKok. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html
