The Radius attribute 18 message is not put in any PPP packet. Feel free to write an RFC to do it. I think it would be very useful. PPP EAP has the potential to do the job. Cheers James > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-ascend-users at max.bungi.com > [mailto:owner-ascend-users at max.bungi.com]On Behalf Of Jeroen Veen > Sent: 22 November 2001 13:36 > To: 'James Courtier-Dutton'; ascend-users at bungi.com > Subject: RE: (ASCEND) Using Radius attribute 18 (reply message) in a MAX > TNT > > > That's what we currently do. > > Using the radius attribute seems like a more elegant option > though and that > also gives us the option to send back more usefull error messages than > "error -235256, connection was not established" and the likes. > > Looks like we're going to have to ask our software engineers to dive into > windows' ppp stack to get that message into some other window then :-). > > Greetings, > Jeroen > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Courtier-Dutton [mailto:James at superbug.demon.co.uk] > > Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 1:35 PM > > To: Jeroen Veen; ascend-users at bungi.com > > Subject: RE: (ASCEND) Using Radius attribute 18 (reply > > message) in a MAX > > TNT > > > > > > The message will only get displayed in the "Terminal windows > > after dial" > > screen. > > If the user is doing just PPP, the message will never be seen > > by the user. > > An approach some people take, is to put a filter on the user > > if they have > > not paid their bill, so that no matter which web site they > > try to get to, it > > will display the same "Pay bill please" web page. > > Cheers > > James > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: owner-ascend-users at max.bungi.com > > > [mailto:owner-ascend-users at max.bungi.com]On Behalf Of Jeroen Veen > > > Sent: 22 November 2001 10:00 > > > To: 'ascend-users at bungi.com' > > > Subject: (ASCEND) Using Radius attribute 18 (reply message) > > in a MAX TNT > > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > Does anyone here have any experience in/on (?) using these > > (Radius reply) > > > messages to send specific messages to a user? As in "You > > cannot log in > > > because you didn't pay your bill" and such. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Jeroen Veen > > > Planet Media Group > > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > > > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to > > ascend-users-request at bungi.com > > > Archives: http://www.nexial.com/mailinglists/ > > > ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ > To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com > Archives: http://www.nexial.com/mailinglists/ ++ Ascend Users Mailing List ++ To unsubscribe: send unsubscribe to ascend-users-request at bungi.com Archives: http://www.nexial.com/mailinglists/