Chapter 26 Billing
UAG4100 User’s Guide
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26.3 The Billing Profile Screen
Use this screen to configure the billing profiles that defines the maximum Internet access time and
charge per time unit. Click
Configuration > Billing > Billing Profile
to open the following screen.
Accounting
Method
Select
Time to Finish
to allow each user a one-time login. Once the user logs in, the
system starts counting down the pre-defined usage even if the user stops the Internet
access before the time period is finished. If a user disconnects and reconnects before the
allocated time expires, the user does not have to enter the user name and password to
access the Internet again.
Select
Accumulation
to allow each user multiple re-login until the time allocated is used
up. The UAG accounts the time that the user is logged in for Internet access.
User idle
timeout
The UAG automatically disconnects a computer from the network after a period of
inactivity. The user may need to enter the username and password again before access to
the network is allowed.
If you select
Accumulation
, specify the idle timeout between 1 and 60 minutes.
Accumulation
account will
be deleted
after the
time:
Enter the number and select a time unit from the drop-down list box to specify how long to
wait before the UAG deletes an idle account.
This is for use with accumulation accounting.
Billing User
Logon Settings
Maximum
number per
billing account
Enter the maximum number of the users that are allowed to log in with the same account.
Reach maximum
number per
billing account
Select
Block
to stop new users from logging in when the
Maximum number per billing
account
is reached.
Select
Kick previous user and login
to disassociate the first user that logged in and
allow new user to log in when the
Maximum number per billing account
is reached.
Username &
Password length
Select to specify how manay characters the username and password of a newly-created
dynamic guest account will have after you click
Apply
.
Currency
Select the appropriate currency symbol or currency unit.
If you set
Currency code
to
User-Define
, enter a three-letter alphabetic code manually.
Number of
decimals places
This shows the number of decimal places to be used for billing.
Decimal symbol
Select whether you would like to use a dot (.) or a comma (,) for the decimal point.
Tax
Select this option to charge sales tax for the account. Enter the tax rate (a 6% sales tax is
entered as 6).
SSID Profile
Settings
The
Selectable SSID Profiles
list displays the name(s) of the SSID profile(s) to which
you can apply the general billing settings.
To apply settings to an SSID profile, you can double-click a single entry to move it or use
the [Shift] or [Ctrl] key to select multiple entriess and click the right arrow button to add to
the
Selected SSID Profiles
list. To remove an SSID profile, select the name(s) in the
Selected SSID Profiles
list and click the left
arrow button.
Apply
Click this button to save your changes to the UAG.
Reset
Click this button to return the screen to its last-saved settings.
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Configuration > Billing > General (continued)
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