From: Alan T. DeKok <aland@freeradius.org>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 09:21:03 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Note limitations with -n
X-Git-Tag: release_2_1_7~223
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=cd02af1ef7b02d11f0da2a61388a9117a4351b37;p=thirdparty%2Ffreeradius-server.git

Note limitations with -n
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diff --git a/man/man1/radclient.1 b/man/man1/radclient.1
index 10feae26ac9..79d2e0cdd02 100644
--- a/man/man1/radclient.1
+++ b/man/man1/radclient.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH RADCLIENT 1 "7 April 2005" "" "FreeRADIUS Daemon"
+.TH RADCLIENT 1 "2 April 2009" "" "FreeRADIUS Daemon"
 .SH NAME
 radclient - send packets to a RADIUS server, show reply
 .SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -54,9 +54,13 @@ logical packets within a file.
 .IP \-i\ \fIid\fP
 Use \fIid\fP as the RADIUS request Id.
 .IP \-n\ \fInum_requests_per_second\fP
-Send \fInum_requests_per_second\fP, evenly spaced over time.  By
-default, the requests are sent as fast as possible.  This option
+Try to send \fInum_requests_per_second\fP, evenly spaced.  This option
 allows you to slow down the rate at which radclient sends requests.
+When not using -n, the default is to send packets as quickly as
+possible, with no inter-packet delays.
+
+Due to limitations in radclient, this option does not accurately send
+the requested number of packets per second.
 .IP \-p\ \fInum_requests_in_parallel\fP
 Send \fInum_requests_in_parallel\fP, without waiting for a response
 for each one.  By default, radclient sends the first request it has
@@ -65,6 +69,9 @@ the second request in its list.  This option allows you to send many
 requests at simultaneously.  Once \fInum_requests_in_parallel\fP are
 sent, radclient waits for all of the responses to arrive (or for the
 requests to time out), before sending any more packets.
+
+This option permits you to discover the maximum load accepted by a
+RADIUS server.
 .IP \-q
 Go to quiet mode, and do not print out anything.
 .IP \-r\ \fInum_retries\fP