Windows NT Radius Client Sends Incomplete Accounting Information

ID: Q173533

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you have a Routing and Remote Access Service (RRAS) server that is using Radius authentication and accounting, you may notice that one or more of the following fields of accounting information are not logged on your Radius Server: 


   NAS-Identifier
   NAS-Port
   Acct-Session-Id
   Framed-Protocol


RESOLUTION

Obtain the Routing & Remote Access Service Hotfix Update mentioned below.

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Routing and Remote Access Update for Windows NT Server version 4.0. This problem was corrected in the Routing & Remote Access Service Hotfix Update. You can obtain this update from Microsoft's World Wide Web Site on the Internet at the following location:

http://www.microsoft.com/ntserver/commserv/exec/feature/routing.asp

NOTE: Because the Microsoft Web site is constantly updated, the site address may change without notice. If this occurs, link to the Microsoft home page at the following address:

http://www.microsoft.com/

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: missing null incomplete 


Keywords          : kbinterop kbnetwork NT4SP4Fix kbbug4.00 NTInterop ntnetserv kbfix4.00.sp4 ntrouter NTSrv 
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: April 10, 1999