NETGEAR UTM5-100NAS, UTM50-100NAS manual WAN Traffic Meter Settings, Traffic Counter

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Table 11-1. WAN Traffic Meter Settings

Setting	Description (or Subfield and 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 WAN1?	Internet traffic passing through the WAN1 interface (dual-WAN port models) or
(dual-WAN port	WAN interface (single-WAN port models). Complete the fields below (on the
models)	screen, these fields are presented on the right).
or	• No. Traffic metering is disabled. This is the default setting.
	Select one of the following radio buttons to specify if or how the UTM applies
Do you want to	restrictions when the traffic limit is reached:
	• No Limit. No restrictions are applied when the traffic limit is reached.
enable Traffic
	• Download only. Restrictions are applied to incoming traffic when the traffic
Metering on WAN?
	limit is reached. Complete the monthly limit field below.
(single-WAN port
	• Both Directions. Restrictions are applied to both incoming and outgoing traffic
models)
	when the traffic limit is reached. Complete the monthly limit field below.
	Monthly Limit	Enter the monthly traffic volume limit in MB. The default setting
		is 0 MB.
	Increase this	Select this checkbox 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 non-configurable 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.
Traffic Counter
Restart traffic	Select one of the following radio buttons to specify when the traffic counter
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 choose AM or PM
	and the day of the month from the pull-down menus.
Send e-mail report	An e-mail report is sent immediately before restarting the counter. Ensure that
before restarting	e-mailing of logs is enabled on the Email and Syslog screen (see “Configuring
counter	Logging, Alerts, and Event Notifications” on page 11-5).

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v1.0, January 2010