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

[Christopher Pollock]

Another (mostly redundant) +1 for Radiator, for all the reasons mentioned
above.
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On Fri, Dec 9, 2011 at 7:44 AM, Graeme Allen <gallen at mytelecom.com.au>wrote:

> 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.
> > >
> > >         --
> > >
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> > >         http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer/
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> > >
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