User's Manual

UTT Technologies Chapter 9 PPPoE Server
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9.3.4 PPPoE Account Billing
9.3.4.1 Introduction to PPPoE Account Billing Mechanism
PPPoE Account Billing is a specific function of UTT Series Security Firewalls. It provides a
billing mechanism. According to different Accounting Mode, the UTT Device will start to
run the billing mechanism by Date, Hour or Traffic. Together with PPPoE Account
Expiration Notice to alert the user to renew the account, PPPoE Account Billing can be a
very helpful Billing tool especially for Communication. When the PPPoE account expires,
the account will be no longer available unless the user renew the account. Here provide
the billing mechanism picture, see Figure 9-7.
START
By Traffic?
Check Accounting Mode
Yes
END
By Date?
By Hour?
No
No
None
Set Expiration
Date, Billing by
Date
Yes
Set Online
Hours, Billing by
Hour
Set Max. Tx/Rx
Traffic, Billing
by Traffic
Yes
Expiration
date reach?
Renew Account
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
PPPoE Account
closed
Remaining
hour is 0?
Remaining Tx/Rx
Traffic is 0?
Yes
Yes
No
No
Figure 9-7 PPPoE Account Billing mechanism