radius caching problem

RouterOS General
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Hello,

I’ve small problem with radius mac authentication on my rb450 ros v6.33.5. My radius server is on an external freeradius server.

I add mac addresses to the radius server and the rb450 authenticates successfully BUT only if I reboot the rb450 after adding them. So I think there is some sort of radius cache on the RB450 at work which does not get updated.

I can see this setting for the wireless interface:
/interface wireless security-profiles radius-mac-caching=disabled

However my devices are on an ethernet port where there is no such setting.

So I either need to update the radius cache (or whatever it is) on the rb450 or disable it on the ethernet ports.

How do I do that?

The RB450 has been working fine for 5-6 years with several updates to the Ros over that time however this issue has always existed.

Thanks

Kim

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I’ve fixed it. So FYI in case any one else needs it…

The problem is actually due to the user trying to use the network before the device’s mac address is in the Radius.

The hotspot on the rb450 records the attempted login in the hotspot > hosts list. It’s got an ip but its NOT authorised so the login page comes up.

So removing that entry in the hosts list e.g. /ip hotspot host remove… then when the user tries again it authenticates.

HTH

Kim