ZyXEL Communications 100 Series, 200 Series Logs, 45.1 Overview, 45.2What You Can Do In The Log Screens, 45.3View Log Screen

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Logs

45.1 Overview

This chapter provides general information about the ZyWALL’s log feature. See Appendix A on page 759 for individual log descriptions.

The following table displays the maximum number of system log messages in the ZyWALL.

Table 252 Specifications: Logs

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Maximum Number of Log Messages (System Log)	512
Maximum Number of Log Messages (Debug Log)	1024

"When a log reaches the maximum number of log messages, new log messages automatically overwrite existing log messages, starting with the oldest existing log message first.

45.2What You Can Do In The Log Screens

•Use the Maintenance > View Log screen (Section 45.3 on page 715) to view current log messages. You can change the way the log is displayed, you can e-mail the log, and you can also clear the log in this screen.

•Use the Maintenance > Log Settings screen (Section 45.4 on page 717) to specify which log messages are e-mailed, where they are e-mailed, and how often they are e-mailed.

45.3View Log Screen

Log messages are stored in two separate logs, one for regular log messages and one for debugging messages. In the regular log, you can look at all the log messages by selecting All Logs, or you can select a specific category of log messages (for example, firewall or user). You can also look at the debugging log by selecting Debug Log. All debugging messages have the same priority.

To access this screen, click Maintenance > View Log. The log is displayed in the following screen.

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