WESM zl Management and Configuration Guide WT.01.28 and greater

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RADIUS Server
RADIUS Accounting
You choose which messages the module sends.
A message includes information such as the identity of the user, the duration of the
session, and the bandwidth consumed. Table 11-4 shows a complete list of fields in
the report. Some fields are present in all messages; others are specific to certain types
of messages.
Table 11-4. Information in a RADIUS Accounting Log
Field Meaning
User-Name user’s username
Acct-Status-Type state of connection and type of message—start, stop, or
interim
Acct-Session-ID unique ID for each session
Calling-Station-ID station’s MAC address
Called-Station-ID MAC address of the port to which the station connects—for
a wireless connection, the radio’s MAC address
NAS-Port ID of the NAS’s port—for example, the port number on a
switch
NAS-Port-Type the type of connection—for example Wireless 802.11
NAS-IP-Identifier NAS’s IP address—when the module is the NAS, 127.0.0.1
NAS-Identifier NAS’s hostname
Event-Timestamp date and time (including timezone) at which the event that
triggered the message occurred
Acct-Delay-Time specifies how long the RADIUS client has attempted to
transmit the message
Acct-Authentic the method by which the station authenticated
Client-IP-Address IP address of the RADIUS client (typically the NAS, but
sometimes another RADIUS server) that forwarded this
message
Acct-Unique-Session-Id a value that identifies the station’s session; all messages for
a particular session have the same ID
Timestamp message’s timestamp
Acct-Input-Packets • number of packets received by the station over the entire
duration of the session (stop message)
• number of packets received by the station since the
beginning of the session (interim message)