ZyXEL N4100 Guia Do Utilizador

N4100 User’s Guide

You can use the built-in billing function to setup billing profiles. A billing profile 
describes how to charge subscribers.

Use the Billing screen (

) to set up subscriber billing on 

the N4100.

The following terms and concepts may help as you read through the chapter.

The accumulation accounting method allows multiple re-logins until the allocated 
time period or until the subscriber account is expired. The N4100 accounts the 
time that the subscriber is logged in for Internet access.

The time-to-finish accounting method is good for one-time logins. Once a 
subscriber logs in, the N4100 stores the MAC address of the subscriber’s computer 
for the duration of the time allocated. Thus the subscriber does not have to enter 
the user name and password again for re-login within the allocated time. 

Once activated, the subscriber account is valid until the allocated time is reached 
even if the subscriber disconnects Internet access for a certain period within the 
allocated time. For example, Joe purchases a one-hour time-to-finish account. He 
starts using the Internet for the first 20 minutes and then disconnects his Internet 
access to go to a 20-minute meeting. After the meeting, he only has 20 minutes 
left on his account.