Chapter 5: Status Menu
Viewing Event Messages
A wireless access point is a complex piece of network equipment that includes both hardware and software components. Multiple software features operate simultaneously, interoperating with each other and processing large amounts of network traffic. It is often difficult to determine exactly what is happening when an access point appears not to be operating normally, or what happened when a problem occurred.
You may monitor the operations of the access point by viewing the messages in its event log. The events and the vital information about system activity that they provide can help you identify and solve system problems.
The access point has two types of event messages:
System messages
Kernel messages
System messages, which cover a variety of events, such as authentications of 802.1x wireless users and hardware or software problems, are divided by severity into the following categories:
0 - Emergency
1 - Alert
2 - Critical
3 - Error
4 - Warning
5 - Notice
6 - Informational
7 - Debug
System event messages are stored in the event log on the access point and can be viewed from web browser management sessions of the device, as explained in “Viewing System Event Messages” on page 115. They can also be sent to a syslog server on your network for more permanent storage, as described in “Configuring the Syslog Client” on page 118.
System event messages can be stored in either volatile or
When system event messages are stored in
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