SonicWALL 3 User Manual

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 4: System > Licenses

Node licensing can be monitored and controlled from the System > Licenses page. The Node 
License Status section displays the number of licensed nodes, and the number of nodes currently in 
use. To prevent nodes from consuming licenses (such as for network printers that do not require 
Internet access) a facility is provided to construct an exclusion list.

If your SonicWALL security appliance supports an unlimited number of nodes, the Node License 
Status section does not include Currently Licensed Nodes and Node License Exclusion List 
settings.

On node restricted devices, node usage is calculated by the number of active hosts on local interfaces 
attempting to traverse the WAN interface. After a 5 minute period of inactivity, hosts are no longer 
considered active, and are removed from the Currently Licensed Nodes list. Subsequent activity will 
add them back to the list.

When the node license limit has been reached, an over-limit host will be denied access to the WAN, 
and if the traffic the host is attempting is HTTP, the host is redirected to the License Exceed page on 
the SonicWALL security appliance.

IP Addresses can be added to the Node License Exclusion List by clicking the Add button. The 
Add/Edit License Exclusion Node window is displayed.

Enter the node IP address in the Node IP Address field and an optional comment in the Comment 
field.