NETGEAR WGT624 V3 manual Viewing Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access

Reference Manual for the 108 Mbps Wireless Firewall Router WGT624 v3

•Your outgoing mail server

Enter the name of your ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as mail.myISP.com). You may be able to find this information in the configuration menu of your e-mail program. If you leave this box blank, log and alert messages will not be sent via e-mail.

•My Mail Server Requires Authentication

Select this checkbox and enter the user name and password for this email account, as required.

You can specify that logs are automatically sent to the specified e-mail address with these options:

•Send alert immediately

Check this box if you would like immediate notification of attempted access to a blocked site.

•Send logs according to this schedule

Specifies how often to send the logs: None, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, or When Full.

–Day for sending log. Specifies which day of the week to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent weekly or daily.

–Time for sending log. Specifies the time of day to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent daily or weekly.

If the Weekly, Daily or Hourly option is selected and the log fills up before the specified period, the log is automatically e-mailed to the specified e-mail address. After the log is sent, the log is cleared from the router’s memory. If the router cannot e-mail the log file, the log buffer may fill up. In this case, the router overwrites the log and discards its contents. If you don't want logs sent, select None from the list in the Send Logs According To This Schedule area. When you turn on e-mail notification and choose None in the Send Logs According to this Schedule list, the alert is sent but not the log.

The WGT624 v3 wireless router uses the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to obtain the current time and date from one of several Network Time Servers on the Internet. In order to localize the time for your log entries, you must specify your Time Zone:

•Time Zone. Select your local time zone. This setting will be used for the blocking schedule and for time-stamping log entries.

•Daylight Savings Time. Check this box to automatically adjust for daylight savings time.

Viewing Logs of Web Access or Attempted Web Access

The log is a detailed record of what websites you have accessed or attempted to access. Up to 128 entries are stored in the log. Log entries will only appear when keyword blocking is enabled, and no log entries will be made for the Trusted User. An example is shown below:

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