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NETGEAR ProSAFE VPN Firewall FVS318G v2
2.
Select
Security > Firewall > Session Limit
.
3.
Select the
Yes
radio button under Do you want to enable Session Limit?
4.
Enter the settings as described in the following table:
Table 32. Session Limit screen settings
Setting
Description
Session Limit
User Limit Parameter
Select a user limit option:
•
Percentage of Max Sessions
. A percentage of the total session connection
capacity of the VPN firewall.
•
Number of Sessions
. An absolute number of maximum sessions.
User Limit
Enter a number to indicate the user limit. Note the following:
•
If the user limit parameter is set to
Percentage of Max Sessions
, the number
specifies the maximum number of sessions that are allowed from a
single-source device as a percentage of the total session connection capacity
of the VPN firewall. (The session limit is per-device based.)
•
If the user limit parameter is set to
Number of Sessions
, the number specifies
an absolute value.
Note:
Some protocols such as FTP and RSTP create two sessions per connection.
Consider this when you configure a session limit.
Total Number of
Packets Dropped due
to Session Limit
This is a nonconfigurable counter that displays the total number of dropped packets
when the session limit is reached.
