Configuring accounting

When configuring accounting, the general parameters must be defined:

LANconfig: Management / Costs

WEBconfig: LCOS menu tree / Setup / Accounting

• Collect accounting information
  • Turn accounting on or off.
• Store accounting information in flash ROM
  • Turn accounting data in flash memory on or off. Accounting data saved to flash will not be lost in the event of a power outage.
• Discriminator Selection of the feature according to which the accounting data are to be gathered:
  • MAC address: The data are collected according to the client's MAC address.
  • IP address: The data are collected according to the client's IP address.
  Note: When varying IP addresses are in use, e.g. when using a DHCP server, the option 'IP address' can lead to inaccurate accounting data. In this case, it may not be possible to accurately assign the data to users. Conversely, with this setting, data can be separated from clients that are behind another router and therefore appear with the same MAC address as the router in the accounting list.
• Sort according to Select here whether the data should be sorted in the accounting table according to connection times or data volume.