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Configure and Enable the WAN Traffic Meter
If your ISP charges by traffic volume over a given period, or if you want to study traffic types
over a period, you can activate the traffic meter for IPV4 traffic on a WAN port.
To configure and monitor traffic limits on a WAN port:
1.
Select
Monitoring > Traffic Meter
. The WAN Traffic Meter tabs display, with the
WAN1
Traffic Meter screen in view.
The Internet Traffic Statistics section in the lower part of the screen displays statistics on
Internet traffic through the WAN port. If you have not enabled the traffic meter, these
statistics are not available.
Figure 227.
2.
Enter the settings for the WAN1 interface as described in the following table. If you want to
configure the settings for another WAN interface, first select the associated tab for that
interface.
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Table 88.
WAN1 Traffic Meter screen settings
Setting
Description
Enable Traffic Meter
Do you want to
enable Traffic
Metering on WAN1?
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 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 applies 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 Firewall Logs & E-mail screen (see
Configure Logging,
Alerts, and Event Notifications
on page
362).
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3.
Click
Apply
to save your settings.
4.
If you want to enable the traffic meter for another WAN interface, click the associated WAN
Traffic Meter tab for that interface, and repeat
Step
2
and
Step
3
for that WAN interface.
The contents of the WAN2 Traffic Meter, WAN3 Traffic Meter, and WAN4 Traffic Meter
screens are identical to the WAN1 Traffic Meter screen except for the WAN interface number.
To display a report of the Internet traffic by type for a WAN interface, click the
Traffic by
Protocol
option arrow
in the upper right of the associated WAN Traffic Meter screen. The
Traffic by Protocol pop-up screen displays. 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. If you did not configure the traffic
meter, the start date is blank.
Figure 228.
When Limit is reached
Block Traffic
Select one of the following radio buttons to specify which action the 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 Firewall Logs & E-mail screen (see
Configure Logging, Alerts, and Event
Notifications
on page
362).
Table 88.
WAN1 Traffic Meter screen settings (continued)
Setting
Description
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Configure and Enable the LAN Traffic Meter
If your ISP charges by traffic volume over a period and you need to charge the costs to
individual accounts, or if you want to study the traffic volume that is requested or sent over a
LAN IP address over a period, activate the traffic meter for individual LAN IP addresses.
To configure and monitor traffic limits for LAN IP addresses:
1.
Select
Network Configuration > LAN Settings
. The LAN submenu tabs display, with
the LAN Setup screen in view:
Figure 229.
2.
Click the
Advanced
option arrow in the upper right of the LAN Setup screen. The IPv4 LAN
Advanced screen displays.
3.
Click the
LAN Traffic Meter
tab. The LAN Traffic Meter screen displays. (The following
figure shows some examples in the LAN Traffic Meter Table.)
Figure 230.
The LAN Traffic Meter Table shows the following columns, all of which are described in
detail in the table that follows the next figure:
•
LAN IP Address
. The LAN IP address that is subject to the traffic meter.
•
Direction
. The direction for which traffic is measured.
•
Limit (MB)
. The traffic limit in MB.
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•
Traffic (MB)
. The traffic usage in MB.
•
State
. The state that indicates whether traffic to and from the IP address is allowed or
blocked.
•
Action
. The Edit table button provides access to the Edit LAN Traffic Meter screen for
the corresponding IP address.
4.
On the LAN Traffic Meter screen, click the
Add
table button. The Add LAN Traffic Meter
screen displays:
Figure 231.
5.
Enter the settings as described in the following table:
Table 89.
Add LAN Traffic Meter Account screen settings
Setting
Description
Add LAN Traffic Meter Account
LAN IP Address
The LAN IP address for the account.
Direction
From the Direction drop-down list, select the direction in which traffic is measured:
•
Inbound traffic
. Restrictions are applied to incoming traffic when the traffic limit
is reached.
•
Both directions
. Restrictions are applied to both incoming and outgoing traffic
when the traffic limit is reached.
Limit
Enter the monthly traffic volume limit in MB. The default setting is 0 MB. The
maximum limit that you can enter is 256,000 MB.
Traffic Counter
Restart Traffic
Counter
Select one of the following radio buttons to specify when the traffic counter restarts:
•
Restart Traffic Counter Now
. The traffic counter restarts immediately after you
click Apply.
•
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 the day of the
month from the drop-down list.

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