what is the purpose of Accounting on WLC

[cisco-ninja]

Hello. I need some help with understanding what accounting means on cisco WLC.

We have several Authentication servers with the default port configured and assinged to WLANs. On the Radius server we are receiving logs from the WLC. At least this is what I imagine what is going on. However, what I don't understand is these logs on the Radius server. Aren't these accounting logs? If so, what is the purpose of the "Accounting Server" on the WLC for?

Regards,

[balaji.bandi]

if you have come across AAA, Accounting part of it.

A - Authentication  -authenticate users 

A - Authorisation - Authorization is the process by which you can control what a user can and cannot do.

A -Accounting -  accounting feature enables you to track the services that users are accessing and the amount of network resources that they are consuming.

[Georg Pauwen]

Hello,

post a screenshot of the logs you receive. What RADIUS server are you using ?

[cisco-ninja]

Here is the logs I see.

"host00000002","IAS",09/01/2022,09:46:28,1,"host/host00000001.uk.abc.com","GP1\host00000001$","ee-cc-bb-ee-aa-aa:WLAN1","dd-cc-bb-ee-aa-ff",,,"dd-wlc03","10.122.44.136",13,0,"10.122.44.136","dd-wlc03",,,19,,,2,,,0,"311 1 10.22.140.7 08/24/2022 04:17:40 2048",,,,,,,,,"52a91500/e8:ff:dd:cc:bb:aa/2113830",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"WLAN1",1,,,,
"host00000002","IAS",09/01/2022,09:46:28,11,,"GP1\host00000001$",,,,,,,,0,"10.122.44.136","dd-wlc03",,,,,,,,,0,"311 1 10.22.140.7 08/24/2022 04:17:40 2048",30,,,,,,,,"55e91500/e8:ff:dd:cc:bb:aa/2113830",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"WLAN1",1,,,,
"host00000002","IAS",09/01/2022,09:46:28,1,"host/host00000001.uk.abc.com","GP1\host00000001$","ee-cc-bb-ee-aa-aa:WLAN1","dd-cc-bb-ee-aa-ff",,,"dd-wlc03","10.122.44.136",13,0,"10.122.44.136","dd-wlc03",,,19,,,2,,,0,"311 1 10.22.140.7 08/24/2022 04:17:40 2049",,,,,,,,,"52a91500/e8:ff:dd:cc:bb:aa/2113830",,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,"WLAN1",1,,,,
"host00000002","IAS",09/01/2022,09:46:28,11,,"GP1\host00000001$",