Chapter 30 Logs Setting

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 108 Maintenance > Logs Setting

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Syslog

The ZyXEL Device sends a log to an external syslog server.

Logging

 

 

 

Active

Select the Active check box to enable syslog logging.

 

 

Mode

Select the syslog destination from the drop-down list box.

 

If you select Remote, the log(s) will be sent to a remote syslog server. If

 

you select Local File, the log(s) will be saved in a local file. If you want

 

to send the log(s) to a remote syslog server and save it in a local file,

 

select Local File and Remote.

 

 

Syslog Server

Enter the server name or IP address of the syslog server that will log the

IP Address

selected categories of logs.

 

 

UDP Port

Enter the port number used by the syslog server.

 

 

E-mail Log Settings

 

 

Mail Server

Enter the server name or the IP address of the mail server for the e-mail

 

addresses specified below. If this field is left blank, logs and alert

 

messages will not be sent via E-mail.

 

 

System Log

Type a title that you want to be in the subject line of the system log e-

Mail Subject

mail message that the ZyXEL Device sends.

 

 

Security Log

Type a title that you want to be in the subject line of the security log e-

Mail Subject

mail message that the ZyXEL Device sends.

 

 

From

Specify where the logs are sent from.

 

 

Send Log to

The ZyXEL Device sends logs to the e-mail address specified in this field.

 

If this field is left blank, the ZyXEL Device does not send logs via E-mail.

 

 

Send Alarm to

Alerts are real-time notifications that are sent as soon as an event, such

 

as a DoS attack, system error, or forbidden web access attempt occurs.

 

Enter the E-mail address where the alert messages will be sent. Alerts

 

include system errors, attacks and attempted access to blocked web

 

sites. If this field is left blank, alert messages will not be sent via E-mail.

 

 

Alarm Interval

Specify how often the alarm should be updated.

 

 

Allowed

Set what percent of the ZyXEL Device’s log storage space can be filled

Capacity

before the ZyXEL Device sends a log e-mail.

Before Email

 

 

 

SMTP

SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the message-exchange standard

Authentication

for the Internet. SMTP enables you to move messages from one E-mail

 

server to another.

 

Select the check box to activate SMTP authentication. If mail server

 

authentication is needed but this feature is disabled, you will not receive

 

the E-mail logs.

 

 

User Name

Enter the user name (up to 32 characters) (usually the user name of a

 

mail account).

 

 

Password

Enter the password associated with the user name above.

 

 

Clear log after

Select this to delete all the logs after the ZyXEL Device sends an E-mail of

sending mail

the logs.

 

 

Active Log and Alert

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