User's Manual

Managing the Firebox® X Edge
156 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge
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About Seat Licenses
The Firebox X Edge is enabled with a set number, or "pool,” of seat
licenses. The number of seat licenses limits how many users can get
out to the Internet at one time. The total number of available seat
licenses in the pool is determined by the Edge model you have and
any upgrade licenses you apply.
The main Firebox Users page (under Active Sessions) shows how
many seat licenses are in use when you require users to authenticate
before accessing resources. This page also shows the maximum
number of seat licenses currently allowed.
A seat license is used when the Edge allows traffic to be passed from
a computer on the trusted or optional network to the external net-
work (typically the Internet). Forcing users to authenticate before
accessing the external network ensures that no seat licenses are used
by machines that are not authorized to access the external network.
If a user or computer tries to access the external network without
authenticating, and authentication is required, the Edge does not