Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports

Table 4-1.

Traffic meter

 

 

 

Parameter

 

Description

 

 

Enable Traffic Meter

Check this if you wish to record the volume of Internet traffic passing through the

 

 

Router's WAN1 or WAN2 port.WAN1 or WAN2 can be selected through the drop

 

 

down menu, the entire configuration is specific to each wan interface.

 

 

• No Limit - If this is selected specified restriction will not be applied when traffic limit

 

 

is reached.

 

 

• Download only - If this is selected the specified restriction will be applied to the

 

 

incoming traffic only

 

 

• Both Directions - If this is selected the specified restriction will be applied to both

 

 

incoming and outgoing traffic only

 

 

Enable Monthly Limit

Use this if your ISP charges for additional traffic. If enabled, enter the monthly

 

 

volume limit and select the desired behavior when the limit is reached.

 

 

Note: Both incoming and outgoing traffic are included in the limit.

Increase this

 

Use this to temporarily increase the Traffic Limit if you have reached the monthly

month's limit

 

limit, but need to continue accessing the Internet. Check the checkbox and enter the

 

 

desired increase. (The checkbox will automatically be cleared when saved so the

 

 

increase is only applied once.)

 

 

 

This month's limit

 

This displays the limit for the current month.

 

 

 

Restart traffic

 

This determines when the traffic counter restarts. Choose the desired time and day of

counter

 

the month.

 

 

Restart Counter Now

Click this button to restart the Traffic Counter immediately.

 

 

Send E-mail Report

If checked, an E-mail report will be sent immediately before restarting the counter.

before restarting

 

You must configure the E-mail screen in order for this function to work (see “Getting

counter

 

E-Mail Notifications of Event Logs and Alerts” on page 6-30).

 

 

 

When limit is

 

Select the desired option:

reached

 

• Block all traffic - all access to and from the Internet will be blocked.

 

 

• Block all traffic except E-mail - Only E-mail traffic will be allowed. All other traffic will

 

 

be blocked.

 

 

• If using this option, you may also select the Send E-mail alert option. You must

 

 

configure the E-mail screen in order for this function to work.

 

 

 

Internet Traffic

 

This displays statistics on Internet Traffic via the WAN port. If you have not enabled

Statistics

 

the Traffic Meter, these statistics are not available.

 

 

Traffic by Protocol

Click this button if you want to know more details of the Internet Traffic. The volume

 

 

of traffic for each protocol will be displayed in a sub-window.Traffic counters are

 

 

updated in MBytes scale, counter starts only when traffic passed is at least 1MB.

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Connecting the FVS124G to the Internet

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