Chapter 9 Network Management

Enabling Wireless Network Accounting

Table 9-1 Accounting Attributes the Access Point Sends to the Accounting Server (continued)

Attribute

Definition

 

 

Acct-Authentic

The method with which the client device is authenticated to the network. This

 

value is always 1, which represents RADIUS authentication. The access point

 

sends this attribute to the server with all three status types.

 

 

NAS-Identifier

The network access server (NAS) sending the accounting data; for wireless

 

networks, the name of the access point sending the accounting information.

 

The access point sends this attribute to the server with all three status types.

 

 

Acct-Session-Time

The elapsed time in seconds that the client device has been associated to the

 

access point. The access point sends this attribute only with the ACCT_STOP

 

and ACCT_UPDATE status types.

 

 

Acct-Input-Octets

The number of octets received on the wireless network through the access

 

point since the client device associated to the access point. The access point

 

sends this attribute only with the ACCT_STOP and ACCT_UPDATE status

 

types.

 

 

Acct-Output-Octets

The number of octets sent on the wireless network through the access point

 

since the client device associated to the access point. The access point sends

 

this attribute only with the ACCT_STOP and ACCT_UPDATE status types.

 

 

Acct-Input-Packets

The number of packets received on the wireless network through the access

 

point since the client device associated to the access point. The access point

 

sends this attribute only with the ACCT_STOP and ACCT_UPDATE status

 

types.

 

 

Acct-Output-Packets

The number of packets sent on the wireless network through the access point

 

since the client device associated to the access point. The access point sends

 

this attribute only with the ACCT_STOP and ACCT_UPDATE status types.

 

 

Acct-Terminate-Cause

How the client device’s session was terminated. This attribute lists the same

 

cause for every disassociated client device: Loss of service. The access point

 

sends this attribute only with the ACCT_STOP status type.

 

 

Acct-Delay-Time

The delay between the time the event occurred and the time that the attribute

 

was sent to the server. The access point sends this attribute to the server with

 

all three status types.

 

 

RADIUS_IPADR

The IP address of the access point sending the accounting information. The

 

access point sends this attribute to the server with all three status types.

 

 

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