NETGEAR RT311, RT314 manual System Maintenance Syslog and Accounting Fields

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers

Syslog and Accounting

Syslog and Accounting can be configured in Menu 24.3.2 - System Maintenance - Syslog and Accounting. Menu 24.3.2 configures the router to send UNIX system logs to another machine.

You must configure the parameters to activate syslog (Table 9-4).

Table 9-4.	System Maintenance - Syslog and Accounting Fields
Field		Command	Description
Active		Press the space bar to toggle between	The syslog option is turned on or off.
		yes and no.
Syslog IP Address		Enter the address in dotted-decimal	This field is the IP address location to
		notation such as a.b.c.d where a, b, c,	send your syslog.
		and d are numbers between 0 and 255.
Log Facility		Press the space bar to toggle between	Seven different local options can be
		on and off.	selected. The log facility allows the
			message to be logged to different files in
			the server. Refer to your UNIX manual
			for more detail.
Types			Enable logging for:
CDR		For each type, press the space bar to	Call detail record (CDR)
Packet triggered		toggle between yes and no.	Packet trigger
Filter log			Filter event (match or not match)
PPP log			PPP event

To configure the router for logging with the syslogd program on a local host:

1.Go to Menu 24.3.2 - System Maintenance - UNIX Syslog and Accounting.

2.Set Active to Yes.

3.In the Syslog IP Address field, enter the IP address of the syslogd host PC.

4.Select a number for Log Facility.

You can choose any facility number, but the syslogd program must be set to the same number.

5.Select the type of activity that you would like to log.

You can enable the router to send the following types of syslog messages:

•Call detail record (CDR)

•Packet trigger

Using the Manager Interface for System Maintenance 9-5