[AusNOG] RADIUS solution - what would you do if you were starting from scratch?

[Graeme Allen]

Yes, Radiator is hard to beat. If you want a "Billing System" rather
than just a RADIUS server, take a look at Smile by Inomial.....

On Fri, 2011-12-09 at 07:05 +1000, James Paussa wrote:
> May as well join the chorus, +1 Radiator. I have used this in a couple
> of different scenarios and all worked perfectly. 
> First scenario was multiple servers back-ended to a single MSSQL
> database with a static generated file to fail back to if the DB
> disappears. Second was a primary and secondary server with a MySQL
> back-end in master-slave. It is really versatile and the configuration
> is a breeze.
> 
> -James.
> 
> On 8/12/2011 8:47 PM, Peter Adkins wrote: 
> > Another +1 for Radiator here; it does exactly as it says on the tin,
> > scales well and just runs. 
> > 
> > 
> > We ran over ten instances at a previous employer -- for a number of
> > different purposes -- and with a bit of Perl it always delivered
> > good performance and functionality. Not to mention, the only time I
> > am aware that vendor involvement was required the guys at OSC were
> > very helpful :)
> > 
> > 
> > - Peter
> > 
> > On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 10:44 AM, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au>
> > wrote:
> >         On Thu, 2011-12-08 at 10:14 +1100, Lisle, Ben wrote:
> >         > I really can't give a high enough recommendation for
> >         Radiator.
> >         > Fantastic product.  Amazing support if you need it by Hugh
> >         and Mike.
> >         
> >         
> >         +1
> >         
> >         We had at least seven instances running where I worked a few
> >         years ago,
> >         supporting many thousands of logins of various types. It
> >         just ran and
> >         ran and ran - solid as a rock. And extremely extensible,
> >         tweakable and
> >         customisable.
> >         
> >         > If you wanted to go the free route I'd recommend
> >         FreeRADIUS.
> >         
> >         
> >         +1 again, but make sure you get the latest stable version in
> >         particular
> >         some older versions in distros out there may not properly
> >         support IPv6.
> >         
> >         And before you ask for support on the FreeRADIUS mailing
> >         list, make sure
> >         you have read the doco thoroughly, turned on debugging, and
> >         made a
> >         serious effort to fix stuff yourself. The maintainers have a
> >         very low
> >         tolerance for people who do otherwise. In particular, get
> >         the plain
> >         vanilla stuff working properly BEFORE you make changes to
> >         default
> >         settings. Good advice for anything, really :-)
> >         
> >         Regards, K.
> >         
> >         --
> >         ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >         Karl Auer (kauer at biplane.com.au)
> >         +61-2-64957160 (h)
> >         http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer/
> >         +61-428-957160 (mob)
> >         
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> >         
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