new (Radius::Auth)

    # File radius/auth.rb, line 46
        def initialize(dictfilename, radhost, myip, timeout)
          @dict = Radius::Dict.new
          if dictfilename != nil
    	File.open(dictfilename) {
    	  |fn|
    	  @dict.read(fn)
    	}
          end
          @packet = Radius::Packet.new(@dict)
          # this is probably better than starting identifiers at 0
          @packet.identifier = Process.pid & 0xff
          @myip = myip
          @host, @port = radhost.split(":")
          @port = Socket.getservbyname("radius", "udp") unless @port
          @port = 1812 unless @port
          @port = @port.to_i	# just in case
          @timeout = timeout
          @sock = UDPSocket.open
          @sock.connect(@host, @port)
        end