NETGEAR FVS318N manual 348, Setting Description Enable Traffic Meter, Traffic Counter

ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N

Table 84. Broadband Traffic Meter screen settings

Setting	Description
Enable Traffic Meter
Do you want to	Select one of the following radio buttons to configure traffic metering:
enable Traffic	• Yes. Traffic metering is enabled, and the traffic meter records the volume of
Metering on	Internet traffic passing through the WAN interface. Complete the fields that are
Broadband?	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 wireless 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. Fill in the Monthly Limit field.
	• Both Directions. Restrictions are applied to both incoming and outgoing traffic
	when the traffic limit is reached. Fill in 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 applies to this month. This total is the sum
		of the monthly traffic volume and the increased traffic volume.
Traffic Counter
Restart Traffic	Select one of the following radio buttons to specify when the traffic counter restarts:
Counter	• 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.
Send e-mail report	An email report is sent immediately before the counter restarts. Ensure that emailing
before restarting	of logs is enabled on the Firewall Logs & E-mail screen (see Configure Logging,
counter	Alerts, and Event Notifications on page 349).

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