AC1200 WiFi DSL Modem Router—Essentials Edition Model D6100

7.Enter the settings as described in the following table.

Field

Description

 

Send alerts and logs through e-mail

 

 

Your Outgoing Mail Server

Enter the name of your ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as

 

mail.myISP.com).

 

You might be able to find this information in the configuration screen of your

 

email program. If you leave this field blank, log and alert messages are not

 

sent.

 

 

Send to This E-mail Address

Enter the email address to which logs and alerts must be sent.

 

 

Secure connection (use SSL)

Select this check box to send messages over a secure connection.

 

 

My mail server requires

If your outgoing email server requires authentication, select this check box

authentication

and specify the following settings:

 

In the User Name field, enter the user name for the outgoing email

 

server.

 

In the Password field, enter the password for the outgoing email

 

server.

 

 

Send Alert Immediately

 

 

 

If a DoS attack is detected

Select this check box to enable the modem router to send en email alert

 

when it detects a denial of service (DoS) attack.

 

 

If a Port Scan is detected

Select this check box to enable the modem router to send en email alert

 

when it detects a port scan.

 

 

When someone attempts to

By default, this check box is selected and email alerts are sent immediately

visit a blocked site

when someone attempts to visit a blocked site.

 

 

Send logs according to this schedule

To send logs based on a schedule, select one of the following options from the menu:

When log is full. This is the default selection.

Hourly. Logs are sent every hour.

Daily. Logs are sent every day. From the Time menu, specify the time of day, and select the am or pm radio button.

Weekly. Logs are sent every week. From the Day menu, select the day. From the Time menu, specify the time of day, and select the am or pm radio button.

If you do not want logs to be sent at all, select the None option from the menu.

8.Click the Apply button. Your settings are saved.

Logs are sent automatically. If the log fills before the specified time, it is sent. After the log is sent, it is cleared from the modem router memory. If the modem router cannot email the log and the log buffer fills, the modem router overwrites the log.

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NETGEAR D6100 user manual Field Description Send alerts and logs through e-mail, Send Alert Immediately