Apr
27
2009
Having set up VPN parameters on two Cisco PIX, you need to generate a traffic flow from a network to another to bring the connection up. This can be annoying if want to make sure the tunnel is active before you connect the network. Let’s take 2 sub-networks 192.168.2.0/24 and 192.168.3.0/24. Once VPN connections [...]
Tags: activate, Cisco, create, initiate, mount, ping, pix, vpn
Aug
01
2007
Many people using Radius for accounting don’t know there are counters limits. Values defined in the protocol are stored in 32 bit fields meaning you will never go any higher than 4294967296 bits, that is fairly more than 4GB. If a session stays up for days, there are good chances that the counter resets to [...]
Tags: accounting, Cisco, Database, Freeradius, gigawords, interval, linux, Mysql, radius, SQL, traffic, update
Sep
26
2006
Our goal here is to reset automatically a customer for whom Radius settings have changed. This is useful after putting him on restriction or cutting him off in case of extensive usage. We are surprised to find very little information about “Packet Of Disconnect” when we type Radius in a search engine. We wrote a [...]
Tags: Cisco, connection, disconnect, drop, Freeradius, linux, radius, reset, session, suspend, terminate, user