Allied Telesis AT-TQ2450 manual Viewing System Event Messages

Viewing System Event Messages

AT-TQ2450 Wireless Access Point User’s Guide

using non-volatile memory for this purpose can prematurely wear out the memory, which can lead to performance degradation of the unit. For this reason, event messages should only be stored in non-volatile memory when you are troubleshooting a network problem, and only for short periods of time.

A better option for permanently storing messages is to use the syslog client on the access point to send the messages to a syslog server on your network. A syslog log server can be located on the wireless or wired part of your network because the access point transmits the messages from its radios and LAN port.

Kernel event messages are generated by the main component of the management software and generally reflect error conditions, such as dropped frames. Unlike system messages, kernel messages cannot be viewed from web browser management sessions and can only be viewed on a syslog server. If you want to view these messages, you have to have a syslog server on your network to store the messages.

System and kernel messages include the following information:

The time and date of the event

The severity of the event

The feature or management module that generated the event

An event description

To view the system event messages in the event log, select Events from the Status pull-down menu. The access point displays the “View events generated by this access point” window. Refer to Figure 35 on page 116.

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