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| author | Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> | 2016-02-28 19:19:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> | 2016-02-28 19:19:14 (GMT) |
| commit | 251953bcb6f1503ce8bb2f1f57b2c2a44c601685 (patch) | |
| tree | d3d2cd3d2e644b311fb938fc45e736afb3761875 /hostapd | |
| parent | 902c07a7affcaa7cffaa0d624a4afc0e927e59a2 (diff) | |
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Document nas_identifier requirements for RADIUS accounting
nas_identifier needs to be set to a unique value for RADIUS accounting
to work properly. This needs to be unique for each BSS.
Signed-off-by: Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi>
Diffstat (limited to 'hostapd')
| -rw-r--r-- | hostapd/hostapd.conf | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/hostapd/hostapd.conf b/hostapd/hostapd.conf index fbc71d3..3d5c5e2 100644 --- a/hostapd/hostapd.conf +++ b/hostapd/hostapd.conf @@ -909,11 +909,23 @@ eap_server=0 # The own IP address of the access point (used as NAS-IP-Address) own_ip_addr=127.0.0.1 -# Optional NAS-Identifier string for RADIUS messages. When used, this should be -# a unique to the NAS within the scope of the RADIUS server. For example, a -# fully qualified domain name can be used here. +# NAS-Identifier string for RADIUS messages. When used, this should be unique +# to the NAS within the scope of the RADIUS server. Please note that hostapd +# uses a separate RADIUS client for each BSS and as such, a unique +# nas_identifier value should be configured separately for each BSS. This is +# particularly important for cases where RADIUS accounting is used +# (Accounting-On/Off messages are interpreted as clearing all ongoing sessions +# and that may get interpreted as applying to all BSSes if the same +# NAS-Identifier value is used.) For example, a fully qualified domain name +# prefixed with a unique identifier of the BSS (e.g., BSSID) can be used here. +# # When using IEEE 802.11r, nas_identifier must be set and must be between 1 and # 48 octets long. +# +# It is mandatory to configure either own_ip_addr or nas_identifier to be +# compliant with the RADIUS protocol. When using RADIUS accounting, it is +# strongly recommended that nas_identifier is set to a unique value for each +# BSS. #nas_identifier=ap.example.com # RADIUS client forced local IP address for the access point |