Traffic Meter - NETGEAR N300 User Manual

Traffic Meter

Traffic metering allows you to monitor the volume of Internet traffic that passes through the
modem router Internet port. You can set limits for traffic volume.
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To monitor Internet traffic:
1. Click Advanced > Advanced Setup > Traffic Meter.
2. Select the Enable Traffic Meter check box.
3. (Optional) Control the volume of Internet traffic.
You can use either the traffic volume control feature or the connection time control feature
to do this.
• Select the Traffic volume control by radio button and then select one of the
following options:
- No Limit. No restriction is applied when the traffic limit is reached.
- Download only. The restriction is applied to incoming traffic only.
- Both Directions. The restriction is applied to both incoming and outgoing traffic.
• Select the Connection time control radio button and enter the allowed hours in the
Monthly limit field.
4. (Optional) If your ISP charges an amount of extra data volume when you make a new
connection, enter the extra data volume in MB in the Round up data volume for each
connection by field.
5. In the Traffic Counter section, set the traffic counter to begin at a specific time and date.
If you want the traffic counter to start immediately, click the Restart Counter Now button.
6. In the Traffic Control section, specify whether the modem router should issue a warning
message before the monthly limit of Mbytes or hours is reached.
By default, the value is 0 and no warning message is issued. You can select one of the
following to occur when the limit is attained:
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