Cisco Systems ASA5540 and RADIUS problem

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ASA5540 and RADIUS problem John Smith 05-30-08
Posted by John Smith on May 30, 2008, 3:42 am
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Dear all,

I run into a problem when trying to use a radius server (on Solaris)
with ASA5540 for authentication (for RA vpn). In the appliance, I can
test it with:
# test aaa-server authentication my-aaa-gp host x.x.x.x username test
password pass
INFO: Attempting Authentication test to IP address <x.x.x.x> (timeout: 12)
INFO: Authentication Successful

With tcpdump, I got this:
15:25:42.850966 y.y.y.y.1025 > x.x.x.x..radius: rad-access-req 64 [id
37] Attr[ User Pass NAS_ipaddr [|radius]
15:25:42.851229 y.y.y.y..1025 > x.x.x.x.radius: rad-access-req 64 [id
37] Attr[ User Pass NAS_ipaddr [|radius]

Now when I try to make a vpn connection from Vista, the authentication
failed and tcpdump shown this:
15:36:15.536324 y.y.y.y.1025 > x.x.x.x.radius: rad-access-req 156 [id
39] Attr[ User NAS_port Service_type Framed_proto
NAS_port_type [|radius]

In ASA5540's log, there was an entry:
AAA authentication server not accessible ...

Can anyone what is going on here? Did I miss configure something? If
yes, how come the "test aaa-server" works?

Thanks in advance.

Posted by Morph on May 30, 2008, 5:31 am
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wrote:

| Dear all,
|
| I run into a problem when trying to use a radius server (on Solaris)
| with ASA5540 for authentication (for RA vpn). In the appliance, I can
| test it with:
| # test aaa-server authentication my-aaa-gp host x.x.x.x username test
| password pass
| INFO: Attempting Authentication test to IP address <x.x.x.x> (timeout: 12)
| INFO: Authentication Successful
|
| With tcpdump, I got this:
| 15:25:42.850966 y.y.y.y.1025 > x.x.x.x..radius: rad-access-req 64 [id
| 37] Attr[ User Pass NAS_ipaddr [|radius]
| 15:25:42.851229 y.y.y.y..1025 > x.x.x.x.radius: rad-access-req 64 [id
| 37] Attr[ User Pass NAS_ipaddr [|radius]
|
| Now when I try to make a vpn connection from Vista, the authentication
| failed and tcpdump shown this:
| 15:36:15.536324 y.y.y.y.1025 > x.x.x.x.radius: rad-access-req 156 [id
| 39] Attr[ User NAS_port Service_type Framed_proto
| NAS_port_type [|radius]
|
| In ASA5540's log, there was an entry:
| AAA authentication server not accessible ...
|
| Can anyone what is going on here? Did I miss configure something? If
| yes, how come the "test aaa-server" works?

Did you configure the RADIUS to have the asa as client?

Posted by Its me Earnest T. on May 30, 2008, 8:02 pm
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Check the logs on the SUN box. You didnt specify how the vista client was
connecting but you need to make sure the correct connection protocols
allowed on the SUN box. IE: CHAP, MSCHAP, PAP


> Dear all,
>
> I run into a problem when trying to use a radius server (on Solaris) with
> ASA5540 for authentication (for RA vpn). In the appliance, I can test it
> with:
> # test aaa-server authentication my-aaa-gp host x.x.x.x username test
> password pass
> INFO: Attempting Authentication test to IP address <x.x.x.x> (timeout: 12)
> INFO: Authentication Successful
>
> With tcpdump, I got this:
> 15:25:42.850966 y.y.y.y.1025 > x.x.x.x..radius: rad-access-req 64 [id 37]
> Attr[ User Pass NAS_ipaddr [|radius]
> 15:25:42.851229 y.y.y.y..1025 > x.x.x.x.radius: rad-access-req 64 [id 37]
> Attr[ User Pass NAS_ipaddr [|radius]
>
> Now when I try to make a vpn connection from Vista, the authentication
> failed and tcpdump shown this:
> 15:36:15.536324 y.y.y.y.1025 > x.x.x.x.radius: rad-access-req 156 [id 39]
> Attr[ User NAS_port Service_type Framed_proto
> NAS_port_type [|radius]
>
> In ASA5540's log, there was an entry:
> AAA authentication server not accessible ...
>
> Can anyone what is going on here? Did I miss configure something? If yes,
> how come the "test aaa-server" works?
>
> Thanks in advance.



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