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Table 65 Configuration > Network > Interface > Cellular > Add (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Data Budget

Select this and specify how much downstream and/or upstream data

 

 

(in Mega bytes) can be transmitted via the 3G connection within one

 

 

month.

 

 

Select Download to set a limit on the downstream traffic (from the

 

 

ISP to the ZyWALL).

 

 

Select Upload to set a limit on the upstream traffic (from the ZyWALL

 

 

to the ISP).

 

 

Select Download/Upload to set a limit on the total traffic in both

 

 

directions.

 

 

If you change the value later, the ZyWALL resets the statistics.

 

 

 

 

Reset time and

Select the date on which the ZyWALL resets the budget every month.

 

data budget

If the date you selected is not available in a month, such as 30th or

 

counters on

31th, the ZyWALL resets the budget on the last day of the month.

 

 

 

 

Reset time and

This button is available only when the 3G card is connected.

 

data budget

Click this button to reset the time and data budgets immediately. The

 

counters

 

 

count starts over with the 3G connection’s full configured monthly

 

 

time and data budgets. This does not affect the normal monthly

 

 

budget restart; so if you configured the time and data budget

 

 

counters to reset on the second day of the month and you use this

 

 

button on the first, the time and data budget counters will still reset

 

 

on the second.

 

 

 

 

Actions when over

Specify the actions the ZyWALL takes when the time or data limit is

 

budget

exceeded.

 

 

 

 

Log

Select None to not create a log, Log to create a log, or Log-alertto

 

 

create an alert log. If you select Log or Log-alertyou can also select

 

 

recurring every to have the ZyWALL send a log or alert for this

 

 

event periodically. Specify how often (from 1 to 65535 minutes) to

 

 

send the log or alert.

 

 

 

 

New 3G

Select Allow to permit new 3G connections or Disallow to drop/block

 

connection

new 3G connections.

 

 

 

 

Current 3G

Select Keep to maintain an existing 3G connection or Drop to

 

connection

disconnect it. You cannot set New 3G connection to Allow and

 

 

Current 3G connection to Drop at the same time.

 

 

If you set New 3G connection to Disallow and Current 3G

 

 

connection to Keep, the ZyWALL allows you to transmit data using

 

 

the current connection, but you cannot build a new connection if the

 

 

existing connection is disconnected.

 

 

 

 

Actions when over

Specify the actions the ZyWALL takes when the specified percentage

 

% of time budget

of time budget or data limit is exceeded. Enter a number from 1 to 99

 

or % of data

in the percentage fields. If you change the value later, the ZyWALL

 

budget

resets the statistics.

 

 

Select None to not create a log when the ZyWALL takes this action,

 

 

Log to create a log, or Log-alertto create an alert log. If you select

 

 

Log or Log-alertyou can also select recurring every to have the

 

 

ZyWALL send a log or alert for this event periodically. Specify how

 

 

often (from 1 to 65535 minutes) to send the log or alert.

 

 

 

 

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