Netopia R910 manual Logging, WAN and System Configuration

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Logging

WAN and System Configuration 8-49

See the release notes that came with your router or feature set upgrade, or visit the Netopia Web site at www.netopia.com for information on new feature sets, how to obtain them, and how to install them on your Netopia R910.

Logging

You can configure a UNIX-compatible syslog client to report a number of subsets of the events entered in the router’s WAN Event History. See “WAN Event History” on page 12-113.The Syslog client (for the PC only) is supplied as a .ZIP file on the Netopia CustomerCare CD.

Select Logging from the System Configuration menu.

The Logging Configuration screen appears.

Logging Configuration

WAN Event Log Options

 

Log Boot and Errors:

Yes

Log Line Specific:

Yes

Log Connections:

Yes

Log PPP, DHCP, CNA:

Yes

Log IP:

Yes

Syslog Parameters

 

Syslog Enabled:

No

Hostname or IP Address:

 

Facility...

Local 0

Return/Enter accepts * Tab toggles * ESC cancels.

By default, all events are logged in the event history.

By toggling each event descriptor either Yes or No, you can determine which ones are logged and which are ignored.

You can enable or disable the syslog client dynamically. When enabled, it will report any appropriate and previously unreported events.

You can specify the syslog server’s address either in dotted decimal format or as a DNS name up to 63 characters.

You can specify the UNIX syslog Facility to use by selecting the Facility pop-up.

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Netopia R910 manual Logging, WAN and System Configuration