Accounting is the method of collecting and sending security server information for billing, auditing, and reporting user data; such as start and stop times, executed commands (such as PPP), number of packets and number of bytes. Accounting enables wireless network administrators to track the services users are accessing and the network resources they are consuming. When accounting is enabled, the network access server reports and logs user activity to a RADIUS security server in the form of accounting records. Each accounting record is stored on a local access control server. The data can be analyzed for network management, client billing, and/or auditing. Accounting methods must be defined through AAA.
Accounting can be enabled and applied to WLANs, to uniquely log accounting events specific to the WLAN. Accounting logs contain information about the use of remote access services by users. This information is of great assistance in partitioning local versus remote users and how to best accommodate each. Remote user information can be archived to an external location for periodic network and user permission administration.
To configure WLAN accounting settings:
