Warning For Users Of A Non-Flat Rate Adsl - Belkin F5D7230-4 User Manual

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Warning for users of a Non-Flat Rate ADSL connection Service who are
charged per minute or per Megabyte of data.
Certain Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide an ADSL service to their subscriber
that has a charge based on time. There are other IPSs that charge for their service
based upon how much data is moved across the ADSL connection, (Per Mb)
For this reason, while the connection is not needed, it should be disconnected to
avoid unwanted costs and high service charges.
The Belkin router has a setting, designed to disconnect the Internet connection when
not used for a specified time. This means that after a period of Internet inactivity
the Belkin router should automatically disconnect the Internet connection. Should
the Internet connection be requested for any reason then the Belkin router will
automatically reconnect to the Internet. However these features cannot always be
totally relied upon. Therefore it is imperative to read the following information to avoid
unwanted service charge costs.
It is important to know that not all requests to reconnect are made by the users
themselves. A request to reconnect can be given by Internet Explorer or any other
Internet Browser, Email clients such as Outlook Express and automatic update
programs like Windows update and Antivirus programs. This type of program may
cause the connection to stay active, not allowing the automatic disconnect feature to
engage.
It is also very important to realise that even when a computer is physically shutdown
this does not necessarily mean that the Internet connection between the router and
the ISP will be terminated. There are many cases where after powering down the PC
that the Internet connection remains active due to sessions made to locations on the
Internet that have not been terminated. (E.g. General browsing, Peer to peer programs,
Trojan viruses etc). Turning off the connected computers is not a reliable way of
ensuring that an unwanted active connection is avoided.
We feel it also important to warn users that if using a wireless system it is advisable to
apply wireless security to avoid having the network utilized by unwanted parties (for
details on how to do this refer to the user manual). Unwanted users on the network
are able to activate the Internet connection leading to high service cost charges.
It is at the users own risk that they rely upon the automatic disconnect feature in
the Belkin router. It is for the users themselves to ensure that the connection to the
Internet is completely disconnected and remains inactive until required by the end
user.
Therefore Belkin GMBH cannot be held accountable for excessive service charges
imposed by the ISP due to unwanted extended connection times or amounts of
transmitted and /or received data.
This product incorporates open source software, copies of this software are available
for download at http://www.belkin.co.uk/support/tech/gnugpl.html. Such software is
licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL.
Die Firmware dieses Produkts enthält die Software Netzfilter/IP-Tabellen, die unter
die Allgemeine Öffentliche GNU-Lizenz fallen. Eine Kopie des Lizenztextes und den
Quellcode sowie den Objektcode dieser Software finden Sie kostenlos unter:
http://belkin.com/de/support/tech/gnugpl.html.
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