Waiting for that traffic limitation patch, Venkatesh. Thanks. On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 6:00 AM, Venkatesh K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Liran, > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 4:16 AM, liran tal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hey Venkatesh, > > > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 2:26 AM, Venkatesh K <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> 2008/10/31 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >> > It does make sense. rlm_sqlcounterworks like this toward the time of > the > >> > reset: lets say you have an hour left, your limit is 20 hours and you > >> > have signed in 15 minutes before counter reset time. When code > >> > calculates that you can be online at reset time it doesn't return your > >> > allowance (1 hour) but adds the limit for the next conting period (20 > >> > hours) to the remaining time (15 minutes) and returns that value (20 > >> > hours and 15 minutes). Reasoning is that your session shouldn't be > >> > discontinued after an hour becouse 15 minutes into the session new > limit > >> > should come into force (and session limit can't be changed during the > >> > session). > >> > > >> > In your case there is about 2,000,000 left on the counter but only a > few > >> > thousand seconds left to the end of the reset period, so code will add > >> > those few thousands to the next period limit (26,000,000) and return > >> > that value. Code doesn't "know" are you counting data or time as > >> > there is no such configuration item. > >> > > >> > Venkatesh had posted the patch that switches off this peace of code > for > >> > data counters by introducing that configuration item. You should try > it. > >> > >> rlm_sqlcounter has one more limitation. In version 1.1.7, the maximum > >> counter value was limited to <2G whereas in 2.1.1 it seems to be <4G. > >> This imposes an artificial limitation of maximum of 4GB of downloads. > >> I had a workaround where I patched rlm_sqlcounter to limit the per > >> session downloads to 4GB if allowed usage exceeds 4GB. > >> > >> Except this issue, I think, with the patch I posted earlier, one > >> should be fine with rlm_sqlcounter. If someone needs a patch to work > >> around the 2GB/4GB limit, I will post the patch. > > > > > > Sorry for the late reply. > > I applied your patch and now data counters work as expected with a minor > > exception, the 2Gb limit > > as you have stated previously. Possibly you could also post the patch for > > the 2Gb/4Gb limit? > > I'm hoping it's compatible with FR 1.1.7 as well. > > > > It is ok. I am happy to know it works for you. I will email you a > patch for 1.1.7 in couple of days. The patch is going to impose > certain limitations on you. The maximum return value should be less > than unsigned integer(32bit). The maximum reply value for data will be > limited to 4GB even if actual value is more than 4GB. So, there will > be a per session limit of 4GB though user is authorized to transfer > more data. > > Regards, > > Venkatesh. K > - > List info/subscribe/unsubscribe? See > http://www.freeradius.org/list/users.html >
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