504CHAPTER 21: CONFIGURING AAA FOR NETWORK USERS

Configuring

Accounting records come in three types: start-stop, stop-only, and

Accounting for

update for network users. The records provide information about

Wireless Network

network resource usage.

 

Users

To set accounting, type the following command:

 

 

 

 

set accounting {admin console dot1x

wired}

 

mac web last-resort} {ssid ssid-name

 

{user-glob mac-addr-glob}{start-stop

stop-only}

 

method1 [method2] [method3] [method4]

 

For example, to store start-stop accounting records at example.com for 802.1X users of SSID mycorp in the local database, type the following command:

WX1200# set accounting dot1x ssid mycorp *@example.com start-stop local

success: change accepted.

The accounting records can contain the session information shown in

Table 47.

Table 47 Session Information Shown in Accounting Records

Start Records

Update and Stop Records

 

 

Session date and time

Session date and time

 

 

Location of authentication (if any):

Location of authentication (if any):

RADIUS server (1) or local database (2)

RADIUS server (1) or local database (2)

 

 

ID for related sessions

ID for related sessions

 

 

Username

Username

 

 

Session duration

Session duration

 

 

Timestamp

Timestamp

 

 

VLAN name

VLAN name

 

 

Client’s MAC address

Client’s MAC address

 

 

MAP port number and radio number

MAP port number and radio number

 

 

MAP’s MAC address

MAP’s MAC address

 

 

 

Number of octets received by the WX

 

switch

 

 

 

Number of octets sent by the switch

 

 

 

Number of packets received by the switch

 

 

 

Number of packets sent by the switch

 

 

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3Com WXR100 3CRWXR10095A, WX4400 3CRWX440095A manual Accounting for, Wireless Network, Users, Network resource usage

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