[cisco-bba] Disconnecting users

[Gaurav Sabharwal]

Hi Dermot,

Have a look at http://wiki.freeradius.org/Packet_of_Disconnect

HTH,
- Gaurav
on 11/28/2007 01:09 PM Dermot Williams said the following:
> Hi,
> 
>  
> 
> We need to be able to disconnect users from our LNS when they haven’t 
> paid their bill – can anyone give me some pointers on the most effective 
> way to do this?
> 
>  
> 
> I had initially thought of just changing the users password in RADIUS 
> but that is only effective for suspending users who switch off their 
> modem or disconnect regularly – customers who leave their modems logged 
> in all of the time may continue to receive service for months after they 
> have been ‘suspended’.
> 
>  
> 
> The only other alternative that I can think of is to use an SNMPSET 
> message to clear the VI that the customer is using. This would probably 
> require a little script-fu but it’s not insurmountable but I’d love to 
> know if there is a more elegant way to approach this?
> 
>  
> 
> Dermot Williams
> 
> Senior Network Engineer
> 
> *Irish Broadband Internet Services Ltd.***