Prestige 652 ADSL Security Router

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 11-1 E-mail

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

OPTIONS

Address Info

 

 

Mail Server

Enter the IP address of your mail server in dotted decimal

 

 

 

notation. Your Internet Service Provider (ISP) should be

 

 

able to provide this information. If this field is left blank,

 

 

log and alert messages will not be sent via e-mail.

 

Mail Subject

Enter a subject that you want to appear in the subject

 

 

field of your e-mail here (see Figure 11-3). If you leave

 

 

this field blank then the default “Firewall Alert From

 

 

Prestige” displays as your e-mail subject.

 

E-mail Alerts To

Enter the e-mail address (username@mydomain.com) of

 

 

whoever is responsible for maintaining the firewall, e.g.,

 

 

your system administrator. If this field is left blank, alert

 

 

messages will not be sent via e-mail.

 

 

 

 

Return address

Enter an e-mail address to identify the Prestige as the

 

 

sender of the e-mail messages i.e., a “return-to-sender”

 

 

address for backup purposes.

 

 

 

 

Log Timer

 

 

Log Schedule

This pop-up menu is used to configure the frequency of

When Log is Full

 

log messages being sent as e-mail: daily, weekly, hourly,

Hourly

 

only when the log is full or none. If the Weekly or the

 

 

 

Daily option is selected, specify a time of day when the e-

Daily

 

mail should be sent. If the Weekly option is selected,

Weekly

 

then also specify which day of the week the e-mail should

 

be sent. If the When Log is Full option is selected, an

None

 

alert is sent when the log fills up. If you select None, no

 

 

 

log messages are e-mailed.

 

 

 

 

Day for Sending

Click which day of the week you want to send the alert

Sunday through

Alerts

from the drop down list box.

Saturday

Time for Sending

Click the up or down arrows to the right of the list box to

 

Alerts

choose a time to send the alerts.

 

Click Back to return to the previous screen. Click Apply to save your customized settings and exit this screen. Click Reset to return to the previous configuration. Use the Help icon to find field descriptions.

11-4

Using the Prestige Web Configurator