How to use other database, such as SQL server, Oracle, etc?

• Prepare an empty database of your database, such as SQL server, Oracle, etc.
• Go to "Control panel/ODBC", add a data source to this empty database. Making sure you having enough rights.
• Launch WinRadius, set the ODBC name to the data source name at "Settings/Database...".
• Click "Advanced/Create Radius Table" to create radius tables.
• Restart WinRadius. That's all.

WinRadius asks for a ODBC username and password, what shall I do?

• If you are using your own database, please just input the username & password of your database.
• If you are using WinRadius.mdb, username is "admin", no password. If you still cannot login the database, please create a new WinRadius.mdb file and replace the old one with MS ACCESS, and then restart WinRadius to use this new database file.
• You can also solve this problem by configuring the username & password at "Control panel/ODBC". For SQL Server, you shall choose "Use Trusted Connection" when you create ODBC data source.
• You can also solve this problem by inputting "yourOdbcName;Uid=yourUsername;Pwd=yourPassword" at "ODBC Name" field of "Settings/Database...".

WinRadius got no LOG, what shall I do?

• If the configuration of your NAS is correct, WinRadius will be sure to display some LOGs. If you got no log, that's to say, the configuration of your NAS is wrong.
• Make sure your NAS can reach WinRadius via network.
• Make sure your NAS' configuration is correct, especially IP, port, secret.
• If you are still failed, please contact with us.

WinRadius says OK but NAS fails, what shall I do?

• Make sure your NAS' configuration & WinRadius' configuration is correct, especially the secret.
• Make sure the computer that WinRadius runs on has only one IP address.
• Make sure you have checked some suitable option at "Settings/Authentication...".
• If you are still failed,  that's says your NAS need special response from Radius server, please tell us what type of NAS your are using and send us a detailed LOG of WinRadius. If you can send us a copy of the datasheet of your NAS, it will shorten our customizing time for you.
• For some special NAS, you need to configure some special settings, please go here for more details.

How to bind your user to telephone number or MAC address?

•  Fill the telephone number or MAC address to "Address" field of the user when you add users.
• Check "'Calling number' must be ..." at "Settings/Auth.../Security".
• If you want bind a user to more than one telephone number or MAC address, you can input "number1, number2, ..." to "Address" field of the user when you add users.

How to speed your Radius server?

• You can know how many logon/second that your system supports by clicking RadiusTest's "Performance test" button. WinRadius supports 100 logon/second on the computer (P4, 1.5M Hz, 128 MB).
• You can check less LOGs at "Settings/Logs...".
• You can use better computer to run your database.
• Here is a sample hardware requirements for you:

• Type of organization	logon/second	Hardware configuration
  Small to medium-sized organizations with less than 1000 users	1	60 MHz Pentium II or higher.
  Large organizations with 50,000 users	10	100 MHz Pentium II or higher.
  ISPs with 2 million users	50	200 MHz Pentium II or higher.
  ISPs with 20 million users	300	4-processor Xeon or higher.

How to generate month report?

• Query the billing information at "Operation/Query...".
• Export the result to XML file at "Operation/Export result...".

How to configure WinRadius with mySql?

• First, please make sure that you are using mySql ODBC driver v3.51 or later, and add your mySql database as an ODBC data source whose name must be the same as the one of "Settings/Database...".
• Then, Please use "Advanced/Create Radius tables" to create RADIUS tables.
• Please choose "This database supports forwardOnly" at "Settings/Database..." and restart WinRadius.

How to assign an IP address to a specific user?

• Please set the IP address, such as 192.168.0.123, at "address" field when you insert new users.
• Please check "Response message includes 'Framed-IP-Address'" at "Settings/Authentication/Basic...".
• Please check "Use 'address' field as 'Framed-IP-Address'" at "Settings/Authentication/Security...".

How to configure VoIP billing system?

• Please choose suitable legs at "Settings/Authentication.../VoIP" because different VoIP NAS may send different legs to Radius server. For example, you can always choose the the first leg.
• You can add many billing rates to WinRadius at "Settings/Accountings.../Based on Time". For example, 001=30/60 means that the calls to USA/Canada (001) will be charged at 30 cent per 60 seconds; sales->001=30/60 means that the billing rate 001=30/60  will only be applied for the users of sales group. Here, empty called number means all called number, for example, sales->=30/60 means all calls will be charged at 30 cent per 60 seconds for the users of sales group. 
• For many kinds of NAS, you may need to enable "Called-Station-Id is in the start record" at "Settings/Authentication.../Security".

If my NAS shutdown, how WinRadius process the activated sessions?

• If your NAS supports Interim-Update, please set Acct-Interim-Interval to a number (>600) at "Settings/Authentication/Basic". Thus, WinRadius will stop the activated sessions when Acct-Interim-Interval expired.

How to use WinRadius for 802.1x?

• You shall choose IEEE 802.1x and choose MD5-Challenge as EAP type. Thus WinRadius will use 802.1x to authenticate the WLAN users.
• Please enable "Response message includes 'Framed-IP-Address'" at "Settings/Authentication/Basic...", and enable your Access Point to support DHCP.
• Please configure the DNS, Gateway at your Access Point or clients.

How to use WinRadius for saving h323 CDRs to database?

• Just go to "Settings/Logs"and enable Save VoIP logs to database. Thus, WinRadius will save h323 (VoIP) CDRs to database.

• Here is a table that may be useful for you:

• Vendor	O/S Supported	EAP Authentication Methods Supported
  Microsoft	2000/XP	MD5, TLS, PEAP, TTLS (with plugin)
  Meetinghouse	98/ME/NT/2000/XP;MacOS X;Linux	MD5, TLS, PEAP, TTLS
  Funk	98/ME/2000/XP	MD5, TLS, PEAP, TTLS
  Free1X.ORG	Linux/BSD	TLS (without key setting)
  Cisco	95/98/NT/2000/XP;MacOS;Linux	MD5, LEAP, TLS, PEAP

Why 1645, 1646, 1812, 1813 port is not usable?

• Some Windows OS will always occupy those port number, so please try other port number, such as 2812, 2813, etc. Please make sure your NAS use the same port number.

Why did my computer code change without any hardware changing?

• The computer code is banded to your network adapter. If you add/remove a network adapter, such as PPPoE adapter or VPN adapter, your computer may be changed. So not add/remove a network adapter on the RADIUS server computer.

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