* This is the VOP Radius mailing list * 15-30% is a far cry from a few per day or per week. Yes, you then have a problem. I was addressing the issue of lesser magnitude...which you wil never see fixed.
> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erik Tijburg > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 11:18 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [VOP RADIUS] Ghost login timeouts > > > * This is the VOP Radius mailing list * > I have seen major providers drop 15% of stop packets and 30% to 60% of > interm packets with dedicated links to the providers for radius auth > only. Don't try and tell me that this is an internet problem. > Wholesale ISP want you to have your users using their accounts multiple > times. It drives up the average time online when this happens. > > Erik L. M. Tijburg > Sr. Engineer > RedMoon Inc. > ISP Support Services > > 6810 Main Street > Frisco TX. 75034 > (972) 731-0696 Ext 604 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Eric Dean > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 8:03 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [VOP RADIUS] Ghost login timeouts > > > * This is the VOP Radius mailing list * > Who's to day it's their problem? What if your radius server is > unavailable? What if your ISP that your radius server sits off of is > having problems routing? This is the Internet and is inherently > unreliable. Even 99.999% means you'll drop 1 packet in 100,000. That's > at least one per week..if not a few per day. NASs get rebooted, > networks fail, proxies have bugs...many things happen. Say whatever you > want to the providers but expect it to continue. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erik Tijburg > > Sent: Saturday, March 08, 2003 7:30 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [VOP RADIUS] Ghost login timeouts > > > > > > * This is the VOP Radius mailing list * > > I have seen all the Major Wholesellers make these kinds of claims. > > UUNet, Sprint, Qwest, MegaPath, etc. My response to these providers > > is that if you can't provide me with all accounting packets then you > > are not providing a complete wholesale dialup solution. > > > > > > > > Erik L. M. Tijburg > > Sr. Engineer > > RedMoon Inc. > > ISP Support Services > > > > 6810 Main Street > > Frisco TX. 75034 > > (972) 731-0696 Ext 604 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Ron Fitzgerald > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:41 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [VOP RADIUS] Ghost login timeouts > > > > > > * This is the VOP Radius mailing list * > > > > The only problem with increasing the port limit is no prevention of > > multi-logins. Although these suggestions have been very useful I'm > > sure to Matt, They are only fixing the symptoms not the problem. > > > > Matt, I personally would not accept an answer like "...this is the > > internet, people lose packets all the time" I would tell them to go f > > themselves. If that response comes from any provider, it is very > > telling that they think they have you buy the twig and berries and > > could care less about you as a customer. That very well may have been > > from a rookie radius tech, so maybe you need to talk to someone else > > higher on the chain and see what their advice is. I am sure we have > > all dealt with ghosting, but it seems as though not as bad as you. So > > that leads me to believe that there may be a bigger problem with loss. > > > > Maybe you should look for alternate sources of access, almost bet > > with near/identical numbers. I recognize some names hear that may be > > able to provide you with that service, not me but someone reading > > this. > > > > Ron Fitzgerald > > Jadeview.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Eric Dean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:28 PM > > Subject: [VOP RADIUS] Ghost login timeouts > > > > > > > > > > * This is the VOP Radius mailing list * > > > increase the port-limit on the user...or set it to zero > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Blue > > > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 8:52 PM > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Subject: [VOP RADIUS] Ghost login timeouts > > > > > > > > > > > > * This is the VOP Radius mailing list * > > > > > > > > MGSSA> Is there any way to remove "ghost" logins from the User > > > > table after a > > > > MGSSA> certain period of time without having SNMP access to the > > > > modem bank? I'm > > > > MGSSA> having a real problem with the VOPRadius thinking some of > > > > our roaming > > > > MGSSA> users are still online after they log off and not letting > > > > them on again. > > > > MGSSA> Our roaming provider's answer was to up the number of > > > > logins the users > > > > MGSSA> get but all that gets us is 5 ghosts in the system rather > > > > than 1 since > > > > MGSSA> they don't ever go away. Is there any way I can remove them > > > > > MGSSA> automatically after 24 hours or something? > > > > > > > > Matt, > > > > > > > > This has been a historical problem. If you are not getting the > > > > stop > > > > > > accounting packet .. instant ghost. > > > > > > > > I belive that the solution involves getting interim 'watchdog' > > > > packets instead of just expecting the one stop acct packet. I > > > > have never had to deal with this so I'm sorry I cannot help you > > > > more than > > > > > > point you in the right direction. > > > > > > > > Have you surfed Vircoms radius support website? Or perhaps > > > > someone else on the list that *has* dealt with this will pipe up > > > > .. :) > > > > > > > > John Blue > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > > To leave this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > and put the word "LEAVE" in the BODY of the email. > > > > > > > > > > ** > > > To leave this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > and put the word "LEAVE" in the BODY of the email. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ** > > To leave this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > > put the word "LEAVE" in the BODY of the email. > > > > > > ** > > To leave this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > > put the word "LEAVE" in the BODY of the email. > > > > > ** > To leave this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and > put the word "LEAVE" in the BODY of the email. > > > ** > To leave this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > and put the word "LEAVE" in the BODY of the email. > ** To leave this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put the word "LEAVE" in the BODY of the email.
