>From: niblettda at gru.com > >I am getting several Backoff Q full. The strange thing is >that they are all with username NULL: > >... >Jul 7 06:42:39 tnt1 1/4: Backoff Q full, discarding user <NULL>[264556057] >Jul 7 06:42:51 tnt1 1/4: Backoff Q full, discarding user <NULL>[264556063] >Jul 7 06:43:39 tnt1 1/4: Backoff Q full, discarding user <NULL>[264556060] >Jul 7 06:54:17 tnt1 1/4: Backoff Q full, discarding user <NULL>[264556058] >Jul 7 06:54:21 tnt1 1/4: Backoff Q full, discarding user <NULL>[264556056] >Jul 7 06:54:39 tnt1 1/4: Backoff Q full, discarding user <NULL>[264556065] >Jul 7 06:54:53 tnt1 1/4: Backoff Q full, discarding user <NULL>[264556064] >... > >This goes on for quite some time and then is seems that I get this entry >in my fatal-history: > > FATAL ERROR: Index: 1 Revision: 7.2.0 Slot 1/16 (tntenet) > Date: 07/07/2000. Time: 08:18:31 > Location: 1002cf5c 1003cf4c 1003d460 1000dc44 1000ed90 00000000 > >I am also getting a lot of Radius client timeouts: > >Jul 7 06:42:13 tnt1 1/4: Radius client timeout (code=1) for user xxxxxx >Jul 7 06:42:27 tnt1 1/4: Radius client timeout (code=1) for user xxxxxxxx >Jul 7 06:42:37 tnt1 1/4: Radius client timeout (code=1) for user xxxxx >Jul 7 06:42:39 tnt1 1/4: Radius client timeout (code=1) for user xxxxxx >Jul 7 06:42:50 tnt1 1/4: Radius client timeout (code=1) for user xxxxxxxx >Jul 7 06:43:38 tnt1 1/4: Radius client timeout (code=1) for user xxxx > >I have my Radius information set to the old style Ascend Radius, not VSA. Setting this to VSA fixed similar problems for me. >My auth-timeout is set to 10, I have tried bigger and smaller and have the >same problem. You'll want bigger, if anything. Is your server responding within 10 seconds? The various RADIUS debug commands on the TNT can provide good insight into what's actually happening. >It seems that this problem always starts as I hit about 290 sessions. Once >the fatal happens, the TNT stops responding for a few seconds, and attempts >to reload it's information from RADIUS. Then once it comes back alive >(it does not actually go down), everything is good until the next night. Does your RADIUS server show the queries as being successfully authenticated? >Right now I'm thinking about upgrading to TAOS 8.0.2. However, I see they >have dropped support for the tnt-ethernet1 card. Is there a way to tell >which model you have without pulling it out? 'show' >Lastly, is there any huge advantage to using a separate Ethernet card >instead >of the built in Ethernet port? Ascend recommends using an Ethernet card for 'heavy' traffic, as otherwise the shelf controller's processor has to handle the load. I'd suggest that you probably need a card once you're using a significant percentage of a 10 mbps Ethernet pipe. -- Peter Lalor Infoasis plalor at infoasis.com http://www.infoasis.com/ "Where's my burrito?" -- Homer ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com To get FAQ'd: <http://www.nealis.net/ascend/faq>