Configure your router log, Status Log Setting

TRENDnet User’s Guide

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•Previous Page – Display the log page previous to the current. The Page: 1/1 will display the current page.

•Next Page – Displays the log page next to the current.

•Clear Log - Clears all logging

•Refresh - The Page: 1/1 will display the current page.

Configure your router log

Status > Log Setting

You may want send your router log to your e-mail address or to an external log server (also known as Syslog server) so you can check it periodically while away from home. You may also want to only see specific categories of logging.

Send router logs to your e-mail address

1.Log into your router management page (see “Access your router management page” on page 24).

2.Click on Status and click on Log Setting.

3.Review the e-mail log settings.

•SMTP Authentication – Set this option to Enabled if your e-mail service requires authentication. If not, leave this setting to Disabled.

Note: If you are unsure of this setting check with your e-mail service provider if authentication is required.

•SMTP Account – Enter your account user name for your e-mail service.

•SMTP Password – Enter your password for your e-mail service.

•SMTP Server – Enter the IP address (e.g. 10.10.10.10) or domain name (e.g. mail.trendnet.com) of your e-mail server.

•SMTP Server Port – Enter the port used by your e-mail service. (e.g. Default SMTP Server Port: 25)

•From Email Address – Enter a sender e-mail address. (e.g. router@trendnet.com)

Note: This does not need to be real e-mail address, only used for identification purposes when checking your e-mail.

•To Email Address – Enter your e-mail address.

•Email Log Now – Click this option to send an e-mail with the current router log using your email settings.

•Email Logs – Select when you want the router log to be e-mailed.

oWhen log is full – The router log will be e-mailed to your e-mail address when router internal log is full.

oClick the drop-down list and configure to e-mail logs according to a set schedule. Once on a specific day of the week or once every day.

4. To save changes, click Apply.

Send router logs to an external log server

1.Log into your router management page (see “Access your router management page” on page 24).

2.Click on Status and click on Log Setting.

3.Next to Syslog Server, enter the IP address of the external log server to send router logging.