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Logs

21.1 Overview

This chapter contains information about configuring general log settings and viewing the ZyXEL Device’s logs.

The web configurator allows you to choose which categories of events and/or alerts to have the ZyXEL Device log and then display the logs or have the ZyXEL Device send them to an administrator (as e-mail) or to a syslog server.

21.1.1What You Can Do in the Log Screens

Use the View Log screen (Section 21.2 on page 302) to see the logs for the categories that you selected in the Log Settings screen.

Use The Log Settings screen (Section 21.3 on page 303) to configure the mail server, the syslog server, when to send logs and what logs to send.

21.1.2What You Need To Know About Logs

Alerts

An alert is a message that is enabled as soon as the event occurs. They include system errors, attacks (access control) and attempted access to blocked web sites. Some categories such as System Errors consist of both logs and alerts. You may differentiate them by their color in the View Log screen. Alerts display in red and logs display in black.

Logs

A log is a message about an event that occurred on your ZyXEL Device. For example, when someone logs in to the ZyXEL Device, you can set a schedule for how often logs should be enabled, or sent to a syslog server.

 

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