RAdmin works together with your Radiator® AAA Server to control who is permitted to log in to your network. Whenever a user connects and authenticates to an access server in your network, the access server send an “access request” to Radiator. Radiator looks in your RAdmin user database to check the password. If the password is correct, Radiator tells the terminal server to let the user in. If the password is not correct, or some other precondition is not satisfied, the user is rejected. You can use RAdmin to add and remove users, and to change their password and other login preconditions.

After the user is connected, the terminal server sends an “accounting request” to Radiator with details about the new session that has been started. Radiator saves this information in the RAdmin usage database.

When the user finally disconnects, the terminal server sends another “accounting request” to Radiator with details about the completed session, including the total session time and bytes counts. Radiator also saves this information in the RAdmin usage database. You can use RAdmin to get total usage summaries for your users, and to drill down to details for each session.

If during its operation, Radiator detects any problems, or gets any errors, they will be logged in the RAdmin Message Log. You can use RAdmin to investigate the Message Log.