SonicWALL 3 manual Node License Status, Currently Licensed Nodes, Node License Exclusion List

CHAPTER 4: System > Licenses

Node License Status

Node licensing can be monitored and controlled from the System > Licenses page. The Node License Status section displays the number of licensed nodes, and the number of nodes currently in use. To prevent nodes from consuming licenses (such as for network printers that do not require Internet access) a facility is provided to construct an exclusion list.

If your SonicWALL security appliance supports an unlimited number of nodes, the Node License Status section does not include Currently Licensed Nodes and Node License Exclusion List settings.

Currently Licensed Nodes

On node restricted devices, node usage is calculated by the number of active hosts on local interfaces attempting to traverse the WAN interface. After a 5 minute period of inactivity, hosts are no longer considered active, and are removed from the Currently Licensed Nodes list. Subsequent activity will add them back to the list.

When the node license limit has been reached, an over-limit host will be denied access to the WAN, and if the traffic the host is attempting is HTTP, the host is redirected to the License Exceed page on the SonicWALL security appliance.

Node License Exclusion List

IP Addresses can be added to the Node License Exclusion List by clicking the Add button. The Add/Edit License Exclusion Node window is displayed.

Enter the node IP address in the Node IP Address field and an optional comment in the Comment field.

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