Netgear FVX538v1 FVX538 Reference Manual - Page 34

ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Table 2-2. Traffic Meter Settings Parameter Description Increase this month's limit Use this to temporarily increase the Traffic Limit if you have reached the monthly 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 counter This determines when the traffic counter restarts. Choose the desired time and day of the month. Restart Counter at a Check this radio button to restart the Traffic Counter at a specific time and day of the Specific Time month. Fill in the time fields and select AM or PM and the day of the month from the pull-down menus. 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 "E-Mail counter Notifications of Event Logs and Alerts" on page 4-39). When limit is reached Select the desired option: • 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 Statistics This displays statistics on Internet Traffic via the WAN port. If you have not enabled the Traffic Meter, these statistics are not available. Traffic by Protocol Click this link 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. Configuring the WAN Mode (Required for Dual WAN) The dual WAN ports of the ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 can be configured on a mutually exclusive basis for either auto-rollover (for increased system reliability) or load balancing (for maximum bandwidth efficiency). • Auto-Rollover Mode. In this mode, the selected WAN interface is made primary and the other is the rollover link. As long as the primary link is up, all traffic is sent over the primary link. Once the primary WAN interface goes down, the rollover link is brought up to send the traffic.Traffic will automatically roll back to the original primary link once the original primary link is back up and running again. 2-8 Connecting the FVX538 to the Internet v1.0, March 2009