CHAPTER 21
Logs
Use these screens to look at log entries and alerts and to configure the ZyXEL Device’s log and alert settings.
21.1 Logs Overview
For a list of log messages, see Section 21.3 on page 256.
21.1.1 Alerts
An alert is a type of log that warrants more serious attention. Some categories such as System Errors consist of both logs and alerts.
21.1.2 Syslog Logs
There are two types of syslog: event logs and traffic logs. The device generates an event log when a system event occurs, for example, when a user logs in or the device is under attack. The device generates a traffic log when a "session" is terminated. A traffic log summarizes the session's type, when it started and stopped the amount of traffic that was sent and received and so on. An external log analyzer can reconstruct and analyze the traffic flowing through the device after collecting the traffic logs.
Table 107 Syslog Logs
LOG MESSAGE | DESCRIPTION | |
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Event Log: <Facility*8 + Severity>Mon dd | This message is sent by the system ("RAS" displays as the | |
hr:mm:ss hostname | system name if you haven’t configured one) when the router | |
src="<srcIP:srcPort>" | generates a syslog. The facility is defined in the Log | |
dst="<dstIP:dstPort>" msg="<msg>" | Settings screen. The severity is the log’s syslog class. The | |
note="<note>" devID="<mac address>" | definition of messages and notes are defined in the various | |
log charts throughout this chapter. The “devID” is the MAC | ||
cat="<category>" | ||
address of the router’s LAN port. The “cat” is the same as | ||
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| the category in the router’s logs. | |
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Traffic Log: <Facility*8 + Severity>Mon | This message is sent by the device when the connection | |
dd hr:mm:ss hostname | (session) is closed. The facility is defined in the Log | |
src="<srcIP:srcPort>" | Settings screen. The severity is the traffic log type. The | |
dst="<dstIP:dstPort>" msg="Traffic Log" | message and note always display "Traffic Log". The "proto" | |
field lists the service name. The "dir" field lists the incoming | ||
note="Traffic Log" devID="<mac | ||
and outgoing interfaces ("LAN:LAN", "LAN:WAN", | ||
address>" cat="Traffic Log" | ||
"LAN:DEV" for example). | ||
duration=seconds sent=sentBytes | ||
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rcvd=receiveBytes dir="<from:to>" |
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protoID=IPProtocolID |
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proto="serviceName" |
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