Re: ComOS Open Beta for PM-3, PM-25, IRX
Larry Vaden (vaden@texoma.net)
Sat, 09 Aug 1997 07:11:54 -0500
At 04:35 AM 8/9/97 -0500, Tim Flavin wrote:
>On Sat, 9 Aug 1997, Larry Vaden wrote:
>
>> At 03:00 PM 6/26/97 -0700, Carl Rigney wrote:
>> >
>> >The PortMaster 3 now includes the Connect-Info Attribute in both RADIUS
>> >Access-Request and Accounting-Request packets, providing information on
>> >the connect speed and modem protocols used. To use Connect-Info, add
>> >the following line to the RADIUS /etc/raddb/dictionary file, kill and
>> >restart radiusd:
>> >
>> >ATTRIBUTE Connect-Info 77 string
>> >
>> >Previous beta releases used Attribute 65 for this; update your
>> >dictionary file to use 77 now instead. If you are using the
>> >Connect-Rate check-item in Livingston RADIUS Server 2.0.1, you must
>> >also edit the radius.h file and change PW_CONNECT_INFO from 65 to 77,
>> >then recompile. If you are not using Connect-Rate, then no
>> >recompilation is required, just change the dictionary file.
>>
>> Does this essentially mean that a mix of PM2s running Livingston PortMaster
>> PM-2e ComOS 3.5.1b17 and PM3s Livingston PortMaster PM-2e ComOS 3.5.1b20
>> can not use the same radius server if one elects to use the Connect-Rate
>> check-item?
>>
>> If so, when will there be available compatible OSs for the PM2 and PM3 with
>> regard to this matter?
>
>Maybe I'm missing your point, but a PM2 would not have this info anyway
>unless it had PM3ish type modems in it. The 5BRI card does spit it out,
>but since it is ISDN only, you can pretty well guess it's either 56k or
>64k
Since this is a check-item, I'm presuming the use is to establish rights to
connect at various rates.
Maybe my questions should have been "how can we use Connect-Rate?" and "can
we use it in a mixed environment?"