Some Wireless Values for the RADIUS Attributes Are Not Available

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SYMPTOMS

When you use wireless technology with Windows 2000, some of the following values for Acct-Terminate-Cause, NAS-Port-Type, and Tunnel-Type attributes are not in the dictionary:

Values for RADIUS Attribute 49, Acct-Terminate-Cause [RFC 2866]

19 Supplicant Restart [Congdon]
20 Reauthentication Failure [Congdon]
21 Port Reinit [Congdon]
22 Port Disabled [Congdon]

Values for RADIUS Attribute 61, NAS-Port-Type [RFC 2865]

20 Token-Ring [Congdon]
21 FDDI [Congdon]

Values for RADIUS Attribute 64, Tunnel-Type [RFC 2868]

13 Virtual LANs (VLAN) [Congdon]

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A supported hotfix is available from Microsoft. However, this hotfix is intended to correct only the problem that is described in this article. Apply this hotfix only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

If the hotfix is available for download, there is a "Hotfix download available" section at the top of this Knowledge Base article. If this section does not appear, submit a request to Microsoft Customer Service and Support to obtain the hotfix.

Note If additional issues occur or if any troubleshooting is required, you might have to create a separate service request. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for this specific hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Customer Service and Support telephone numbers or to create a separate service request, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support (http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support)

Note The "Hotfix download available" form displays the languages for which the hotfix is available. If you do not see your language, it is because a hotfix is not available for that language. The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time    Version        Size     File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   09-Aug-2001  22:21                  413,696  Dnary.mdb
   14-Aug-2001  20:34   5.0.2195.4115   97,040  Iasrad.dll
   14-Aug-2001  20:34   5.0.2195.4115   97,552  Iassam.dll
   14-Aug-2001  20:34   5.0.2195.4115  269,584  Iassdo.dll
   14-Aug-2001  20:34   5.0.2195.4115   20,240  Iasuserr.dll

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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MORE INFORMATION

RADIUS is an acronym for Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service protocol.

For additional information about wireless interoperability issues, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

292053 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292053/EN-US/ ) Can Change Expired Password Without Authorization When Using IAS or RRAS in Windows 2000

303364 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303364/EN-US/ ) Some Wireless Attribute Values Are Not Available in Windows 2000

303362 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/303362/EN-US/ ) EAP Authentication Does Not Succeed When You Use EAP Against Internet Authentication Service

For additional information about how to obtain a hotfix for Windows 2000 Datacenter Server, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

265173 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265173/EN-US/ ) Datacenter Program and Windows 2000 Datacenter Server Product

For additional information on how to install multiple hotfixes with only one reboot, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

296861 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/296861/EN-US/ ) Use QChain.exe to Install Multiple Hotfixes with One Reboot

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/ ) Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

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