4.12.8 Data Flow Monitor

This page displays the running procedure for the IP address monitored and refreshes the data in an interval of several seconds. The IP address listed here is configured in Bandwidth Management. You have to enable IP bandwidth limit and IP session limit before invoke Data Flow Monitor. If not, a notification dialog box will appear to remind you enabling it.

Click Diagnostics and click Data Flow Monitor to open the web page. You can click IP Address, TX rate, RX rate or Session link for arranging the data display.

Auto-refresh

Check it to enable auto-refresh function.

Refresh

Click this link to refresh this page manually.

Index

Display the number of the data flow.

IP Address

Display the IP address of the monitored device.

TX rate (kbps)

Display the transmission speed of the monitored device.

 

If "HNAT" is shown, that means the transmission is

 

through Hardware NAT can't be computed.

RX rate (kbps)

Display the receiving speed of the monitored device.

 

If "HNAT" is shown, that means the transmission is

 

through Hardware NAT can't be computed.

Sessions

Display the session number that you specified in Limit

 

Session web page.

Action

Block - can prevent specified PC accessing into Internet

 

within 5 minutes.

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2130 specifications

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