<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I will most likely use rsync to syncronise the config from the primary > to the secondary. My problem (and hence the reason for this post) is > that the primary would be holding accounting information regarding which > IP addresses have been allocated to each user from the "pool" - thus > avoiding any IP conflict on the edge network. I do not understand how I > would be able to configure the two servers so that if the Primary failed > the secondary would know which IPs had been allocated and continue to > allocate from the remaining pool.
See rlm_sqlippool. Search the list archives, it's not in the server. > Is an SQL backend the best method? Would a shared SQL backend maintain > the integrity of the allocated IP pool? Yes, but then you're back to a single point of failure. Why not just run one radius server? > I have experience with Freeradius and would like to continue with > this platform, but is it the best one for what I am attempting? Yes. Alan DeKok. - List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html