N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4000 User Manual

Logs

The wireless router logs security-related events such as denied incoming service requests, hacker probes, and administrator logins. If you enable content filtering in the Block Sites screen, the Logs screen show you when someone on your network tries to access a blocked site. If you enable email notification, you will receive these logs in an email message.

To view the log, select Content Filtering > Logs. A screen similar to the following displays:

The Include in Log check boxes allow you to select which events are logged. The security log entries include the following information:

Date and time.The date and time the log entry was recorded.

Description or action. The type of event and what action was taken, if any.

Source IP. The IP address of the initiating device for this log entry.

Source port and interface. The service port number of the initiating device, and whether it originated from the LAN or WAN.

Destination. The name or IP address of the destination device or website.

Destination port and interface. The service port number of the destination device, and whether it is on the LAN or WAN.

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