Captive Portal logging user twice

Richthofen · Oct 26, 2006, 6:50 PM

Hi folks!

Im using PF Release-1 as CP and a freeradius + mysql box to store users names, passwords and accounting logs.
Freeradius dialup-admin interface shows that user has 2 open sessions, what is weird ´cause username appears only 1 time in "Online Users" both in Diaulup-Admin and PFsense CP Status

Checking detail file in freeradius box I found out that PFsense is logging the user twice as logged below.
Two logs with same date occured at the same time.

So, that´s the question:

Why Pfsense CP is logging users twice and sending this information to freeradius?

Thnx in advance

Thu Oct 26 15:41:52 2006
NAS-IP-Address = 192.168.253.2
NAS-Identifier = "pfsense.hnauth.net"
User-Name = "antonieta.s"
Acct-Status-Type = Start
Acct-Authentic = RADIUS
Service-Type = Login-User
NAS-Port-Type = Ethernet
NAS-Port = 12
Acct-Session-Id = "04c04ba7ca392f89"
Framed-IP-Address = 192.168.30.248
Called-Station-Id = "00:14:2a:1c:2a:c5"
Calling-Station-Id = ""
Client-IP-Address = 192.168.253.2
Acct-Unique-Session-Id = "b90a52bc33ecd8b1"
Timestamp = 1161888112

jeroen234 · Oct 26, 2006, 7:22 PM

if you look at Acct-Session-Id = "04c04ba7ca392f89" and at Acct-Unique-Session-Id = "b90a52bc33ecd8b1"

you see that it is the same request
that is resend

Richthofen · Oct 26, 2006, 9:27 PM

thnx for replying jeroen234!!!
:)

so… is it a normal action?

hoba · Oct 26, 2006, 9:28 PM

At least the radius server should not count it twice as it is a duplicate of the same information.

hy · Jan 19, 2007, 4:14 AM

Hi all,

I'm facing the same problem as Richthofen. Does anyone know what could be the problem that causes the duplication and how to solve it?

Thanks in adv. :)

jeroen234 · Jan 19, 2007, 6:16 AM

u only get a open session if the user chanches from ip
but normal this will will almost never happen

hy · Jan 23, 2007, 3:07 AM

Thanks for your reply. Sorry, but I don't quite get what you mean. My problem is that, the pfsense sent two similar accounting records to the Radius server eventhough only ONE user logged in. Is there a way to solve this?

Any help is appreciated, Thanks!

hoba · Jan 23, 2007, 7:37 AM

This probably is best adressed at the m0n0 mailinglist. The CP is just a port of their code. Please verify this behaviour with a recent m0n0 before posting there.