Accounting-On and Accounting-Off being sent on a per-BSS basis not per-NAS

[Alan DeKok]

On Feb 28, 2016, at 2:27 PM, Nick Lowe <nick.lowe at lugatech.com> wrote:
> 
> Not to put words in his mouth, I am sure Alan will say and agree that
> hostapd should -never- be in the position that it does not send a
> NAS-Identifier. Alan?

  It would be nice to send a NAS-Identifier.  The NAS-IP-Address is often a "private" IP that doesn't make it across proxies.

> It is mandatory from the perspective that RADIUS doesn't work reliably
> where this is omitted, nor that it is mandatory in the RFC.

  A NAS MUST send either NAS-IP-Address, or NAS-IPv6-Address, or NAS-Identifier in an Accounting-Request packet.

  Alan DeKok.