ZyXEL N4100 User Guide - Page 99
Billing, 9.1 Overview, 9.1.1 What You Can Do in this What You Need to Know
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CHAPTER 9 Billing 9.1 Overview You can use the built-in billing function to setup billing profiles. A billing profile describes how to charge subscribers. 9.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter Use the Billing screen (Section 9.2 on page 100) to set up subscriber billing on the N4100. 9.1.2 What You Need to Know The following terms and concepts may help as you read through the chapter. Accumulation Accounting Method The accumulation accounting method allows multiple re-logins until the allocated time period or until the subscriber account is expired. The N4100 accounts the time that the subscriber is logged in for Internet access. Time-to-finish Accounting Method The time-to-finish accounting method is good for one-time logins. Once a subscriber logs in, the N4100 stores the MAC address of the subscriber's computer for the duration of the time allocated. Thus the subscriber does not have to enter the user name and password again for re-login within the allocated time. Once activated, the subscriber account is valid until the allocated time is reached even if the subscriber disconnects Internet access for a certain period within the allocated time. For example, Joe purchases a one-hour time-to-finish account. He starts using the Internet for the first 20 minutes and then disconnects his Internet access to go to a 20-minute meeting. After the meeting, he only has 20 minutes left on his account. N4100 User's Guide 99