Measuring And Limiting Traffic With The Traffic Meter - Cisco WS-CE500 Administration Manual

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Measuring and Limiting Traffic with the Traffic Meter

Measuring and Limiting Traffic with the Traffic Meter
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Cisco SA500 Series Security Appliances Administration Guide
Traffic metering allows you to measure and limit the traffic routed by this router.
You can set traffic metering for both the dedicated WAN and the optional WAN.
Click Administration > Traffic Meter > Dedicated WAN to configure the
dedicated WAN, or click Traffic Meter > Optional WAN to configure the optional
WAN.
The Traffic Meter window opens.
In the Enable Traffic Meter area, enter the following information:
• Enabled Traffic Metering: Check this box to enable traffic metering on the
port. The security appliance will keep a record of the volume of traffic going
from this interface. You also can configure the security appliance to place a
restriction on the volume of data being transferred.
• Traffic Limit Type: Choose one of the following options:
- No Limit: The default option, where no limits on data transfer are
imposed.
- Download Only: Limits the amount of download traffic. Enter the
maximum allowed data (in Megabytes) that can be downloaded for a
given month in the Monthly Limit text box. Once the limit is reached, no
traffic is allowed from the WAN side.
- Both Directions: For this setting, the router will calculate traffic for both
upload and download directions. The traffic limit typed into the Monthly
Limit field is shared by both upload and download traffic. For example, for
a 1GB limit, if a 700 MB file is downloaded then the remaining 300 MB
must be shared between both upload and download traffic. The amount
of traffic downloaded will reduce the amount of traffic that can be
uploaded and vice-versa.
• Monthly Limit: Enter the volume limit in the Monthly Limit field that is
applicable for this month. This limit will apply to the type of direction
(Download Only or Both) selected above.
• Increase This Month's Limit: If the monthly traffic limit has been reached
and you need to temporarily increase the limit, check this option and type in
the amount of the increase.
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