Re: [Bug-gnu-radius] Dropping packet maximum number of childs

[Bert Colemont]

Hello Sergey,

Yes, as somethimes we see in the log also 

Jan 05 17:25:00 Acct.notice: (Accounting-Request 172.28.0.10 2 "dsl36941" CLID=*BAS-MECHELEN*21/0*211*153): Dropping packet: Maximum number of children active
Jan 05 17:25:00 Auth.notice: (Access-Request 172.28.192.240 26 "dsl18008" CLID=*MSR15MES1*11/1*229*1305): Dropping packet: Maximum number of children active
Jan 05 17:25:00 Auth.notice: (Access-Request 172.28.192.234 16 "dsl20464" CLID=*MSR02STR1*14/1*248*99): Dropping packet: Maximum number of children active
Jan 05 17:25:00 Auth.notice: (Access-Request 172.28.18.106 77 "dsl38588" CLID=*BAS-ASSEBROEK*15/0*211*1007): Dropping packet: Maximum number of children active
Jan 05 17:25:00 Acct.notice: (Accounting-Request 172.30.38.102 12 "dsl28436" CLID=*BAS-GRETRY2*19/1*229*554): Dropping packet: Maximum number of children active
Jan 05 17:25:01 Auth.notice: (Access-Request 172.28.3.158 6 "dsl24392" CLID=*BAS-ANTWERPEN*21/1*24*876): No such user [dsl24392]
Jan 05 17:25:03 Auth.notice: (Access-Request 172.28.192.233 12 "dsl23266" CLID=*MSR02MAR1*13/1*211*1054): Login OK [dsl23266]

I have also tested this from home, and sometimes I can connect in a second, sometimes it takes me up to 5 min :(

Really, I don't know what to do next, I tried all version of gnu radius that compile with gcc-4 (1.4, 1.5, 1.6)
I also don't see any differance with our old server who never had that problem.

Also when the Dropping packets increase, I see (via uptime) the load of the machine sometimes rising to even 30!

address@hidden raddb]# uptime
 17:27:36 up 60 days,  4:58,  1 user,  load average: 18.97, 16.91, 13.50

2009/1/5 Sergey Poznyakoff <address@hidden>

Bert Colemont <address@hidden> ha escrit:

>    our radius.log file is filled with
>    Jan 05 11:40:33 Auth.notice: (Access-Request 172.28.3.158 27 "dsl28543"
>    CLID=*BAS-ANTWERPEN*19/0*247*487): Dropping packet: Maximum number of
>    children active

>    We use a SQL server (separated machine)

Is radius able to connect to your SQL database? Do you see any
connections in the DB logs? If so, how long does it take to authenticate
a user (i.e. to perform all authentication queries from your
raddb/sqlserver) on a DB?

Regards,
Sergey