NETGEAR SRX5308 - ProSafe® Quad WAN Gigabit SSL VPN Firewall Reference Manual page 279

Table 9-1. WAN Traffic Meter Settings
Setting
Enable Traffic Meter
Do you want to
enable Traffic
Metering on WAN1?
Traffic Counter
Restart Traffic
Counter
Send e-mail report
before restarting
counter
Monitoring System Access and Performance
ProSafe Gigabit Quad WAN SSL VPN Firewall SRX5308 Reference Manual
Description (or Subfield and Description)
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 WAN1 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. Complete the Monthly Limit field.
• Both Directions. Restrictions are applied to both incoming and outgoing traffic
when the traffic limit is reached. Complete the Monthly Limit field.
Monthly Limit Enter the monthly traffic volume limit in MB. The default setting
is 0 MB.
Increase this Select this check box to temporarily increase a previously
month limit by 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.
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.
An email report is sent immediately before the counter restarts. Ensure that
emailing of logs is enabled on the Email and Syslog screen (see
Notification of Events, Alerts, and Syslogs" on page
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