Time for action – simulating proxied accounting

Do the following on the FreeRADIUS server for my-org.com:

1. Change the directory to where the files are that you will use for simulating accounting for [e-mail] on the FreeRADIUS server of my-org.com.
2. Make sure FreeRADIUS runs in debug mode on the servers representing my-org.com and your-org.com.
3. Issue the following command on the my-org.com server:

   $> radclient 127.0.0.1 auto testing123 -f 4088_06_acct_start.txt
   

   This is to simulate the start of a session.

4. Issue the following command on the my-org.com server to end the previous session:

   $> radclient 127.0.0.1 auto testing123 -f 4088_06_acct_stop.txt
   

5. Observe the debug output on both servers to see how the proxying of accounting requests happened by default.

What just happened?

We have simulated a typical accounting request that is proxied from one RADIUS server to the home server of another organization.

Flow of an accounting proxy request

The following diagram shows the difference...