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Figure 201.
2.
Enter the settings as explained in the following table:
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Table 82.
Broadband Traffic Meter screen settings
Setting
Description
Enable Traffic Meter
Do you want to
enable Traffic
Metering on
Broadband?
Select one of the following radio buttons to configure traffic metering:
Yes
. Traffic metering is enabled, and the traffic meter records the volume of
Internet traffic passing through the WAN interface. Complete the fields that are
shown on the right side of the screen (see explanations later in this table).
No
. Traffic metering is disabled. This is the default setting.
Select one of the following radio buttons to specify if or how the wireless VPN
firewall applies restrictions when the traffic limit is reached:
No Limit
. No restrictions are applied when the traffic limit is reached.
Download only
. Restrictions are applied to incoming traffic when the traffic limit is
reached. Fill in the Monthly Limit field.
Both Directions
. Restrictions are applied to both incoming and outgoing traffic
when the traffic limit is reached. Fill in the Monthly Limit field.
Monthly Limit
Enter the monthly traffic volume limit in MB. The default setting is
0 MB.
Increase this
month limit by
Select this check box to temporarily increase a previously
specified monthly traffic volume limit, and enter the additional
allowed volume in MB. The default setting is 0 MB.
Note:
When you click Apply to save these settings, this field is
reset to 0 MB so that the increase is applied only once.
This month limit
This is a nonconfigurable field that displays the total monthly
traffic volume limit that is applicable to this month. This total is
the sum of the monthly traffic volume and the increased traffic
volume.
Traffic Counter
Restart Traffic
Counter
Select one of the following radio buttons to specify when the traffic counter restarts:
Restart Traffic Counter Now
. Select this option, and click
Apply
at the bottom of
the screen to restart the traffic counter immediately.
Restart Traffic Counter at a Specific Time
. Restart the traffic counter at a
specific time and day of the month. Fill in the time fields, and select
AM
or
PM
and
the day of the month from the drop-down lists.
Send e-mail report
before restarting
counter
An email report is sent immediately before the counter restarts. Ensure that emailing
of logs is enabled on the Email and Syslog screen (see
Configure Logging, Alerts,
and Event Notifications
on page 338).
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Click
Apply
to save your settings.
To display a report of the Internet traffic by type, click the
Traffic by Protocol
option arrow
in
the upper right of the Broadband Traffic Meter screen. The Traffic by Protocol screen displays
in a pop-up screen. The incoming and outgoing volume of traffic for each protocol and the
total volume of traffic are displayed. Traffic counters are updated in MBs; the counter starts
only when traffic passed is at least 1 MB. In addition, the pop-up screen displays the traffic
meter’s start and end dates.
Figure 202.
Configure Logging, Alerts, and Event Notifications
You can configure the wireless VPN firewall to log routing events such as dropped and
accepted packets, to log system events such as a change of time by an NTP server, secure
login attempts, and reboots, and to log other events. You can also schedule logs to be sent to
the administrator and enable logs to be sent to a syslog server on the network.
When Limit is reached
Block Traffic
Select one of the following radio buttons to specify which action the wireless VPN
firewall performs when the traffic limit has been reached:
Block All Traffic
. All incoming and outgoing Internet and email traffic is blocked.
Block All Traffic Except E-Mail
. All incoming and outgoing Internet traffic is
blocked, but incoming and outgoing email traffic is still allowed.
Send e-mail alert
An email alert is sent when traffic is blocked. Ensure that emailing of logs is enabled
on the Email and Syslog screen (see
Configure Logging, Alerts, and Event
Notifications
on page 338).
Table 82.
Broadband Traffic Meter screen settings (continued)
Setting
Description
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To configure and activate logs:
1.
Select
Monitoring > Firewall Logs & E-mail
. The Firewall Logs & E-mail screen
displays:
Figure 203.
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Enter the settings as explained in the following table:
Table 83.
Firewall Logs & E-mail screen settings
Setting
Description
Log Options
Log Identifier
Enter the name of the log identifier. The identifier is appended to log messages to identify
the device that sent the log messages. The default identifier is FVS318N.
Routing Logs
In the Accepted Packets and Dropped Packets columns, select check boxes to specify which traffic is
logged:
• LAN to WAN
• LAN to DMZ
• DMZ to WAN
• WAN to LAN
• DMZ to LAN
• WAN to DMZ
System Logs Option
Select the check boxes to specify which system events are logged:
Change of Time by NTP
. Logs a message when the system time changes after a request from an NTP
server.
Login Attempts
. Logs a message when a login is attempted. Both successful and failed login attempts
are logged.
Secure Login Attempts
. Logs a message when a secure login is attempted. Both successful and failed
secure login attempts are logged.
Reboots
. Logs a message when the wireless VPN firewall has been rebooted through the web
management interface. (No message is logged when the factory default Reset button has been pressed.)
All Unicast Traffic
. All incoming unicast packets are logged.
All Broadcast/Multicast Traffic
. All incoming broadcast and multicast packets are logged.
WAN Status
. WAN link status-related events are logged.
Resolved DNS Names
. All resolved DNS names are logged.
VPN
. All VPN negotiation messages are logged.
DHCP Server
. All DHCP server events are logged.
Other Event Logs
Source MAC
Filter
Select this check box to log packets from MAC addresses that match the source MAC
address filter settings.
Session Limit
Select this check box to log packets that are dropped because the session limit has been
exceeded.
Bandwidth
Limit
Select this check box to log packets that are dropped because the bandwidth limit has been
exceeded.

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