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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 SA 500 Series Security Appliances Administration Guide
- To capture all packets that pass through a selected interface, click
Packet Trace. When the Capture Packets window appears, choose the
interface: LAN, Dedicated WAN, or Optional WAN. Click Start to begin
capturing packets. Click Stop to stop the capture. To download the
report, click Download.
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 on the menu bar, and then click Traffic Meter > Dedicated
WAN to configure the dedicated WAN, or click Traffic Meter > Optional WAN to
configure the optional WAN.
The Traffic Meter page appears.
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.
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