[rbak-nsp] Strange problem with PPPoE Authentication

Florian Lohoff f at zz.de
Mon Apr 9 13:19:55 EDT 2012


Hi,

On Sat, Apr 07, 2012 at 02:18:41PM +0430, Alireza Soltanian wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Recently, we encounter a strange problem. PPPoE password of some CPEs are
> not passed to the RADIUS servers via Redback. Instead a default password
> 'Redback' is passed. When we checked the CPE configuration sometimes the
> password was vanished and sometimes password is there.

"Redback" is the default username in case a username was not supplied.

That you dont observe this on the Cisco BRASes might be because the Cisco
refuses radius auth with an empty username or password? I cant remember
anymore what the default Cisco behaviour was.

Flo
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Florian Lohoff                                                 f at zz.de
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