[cisco-bba] Per user accounting

[Deryk Piper]

I find it very helpful to use an SQL-based RADIUS solution in
conjunction with periodic accounting.  Obviously depends on how frequent
the updates are and how many there are in any period of time (ie, can
the RADIUS/DBMS handle the load?).  Can also solve the 4GB issue if the
period is large enough.

DP


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> [mailto:cisco-bba-bounces at puck.nether.net]On Behalf Of Dennis Peng
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 12:25 PM
> To: Thomas Bridge
> Cc: cisco-bba at puck.nether.net
> Subject: Re: [cisco-bba] Per user accounting
>
>
> Thomas Bridge [thomas at netsource.ie] wrote:
> > We've a Cisco 7200 terminating our customer's PPPoE  and
> PPP over L2TP
> > connections for ADSL.   It's running 12.2(16)B
> >
> > Is there anyway internal to the router to do per user accounting -
>
> No, but I'm curious, what did you have in mind?
>
> > radius is not over suitable for this, as it wraps at 4GB and needs
> > the session to terminate, or constant monitoring of the radius logs,
>
> In recent IOS, we support Acct-Input/Output-Gigawords which should fix
> the 4GB wrapping issue. Also, what is unattractive about using
> periodic accounting and montioring the RADIUS logs?
>
> Dennis
>
> >
> > T.
> >
> >
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