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Configuring E-Mail Alert and Web Access Log Notifications

In order to receive logs and alerts by e-mail, you must provide your e-mail information in the

E-mail menu, shown below:

Figure 6-6:

E-mail menu

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Turn e-mail notification on

Select this check box if you want to receive e-mail logs and alerts from the router.

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Your outgoing mail server

Enter the name of your ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as smtp.myISP.com). You

may be able to find this information in the configuration menu of your e-mail program. If you

leave this box blank, log and alert messages will not be sent via e-mail.

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Send to this e-mail address

Enter the e-mail address to which logs and alerts will be sent. This e-mail address will also be

used as the From address. If you leave this box blank, log and alert messages will not be sent

via e-mail.

You can specify that logs are to be automatically sent to the specified e-mail address with these

options:

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Send alert immediately

Select this check box if you would like immediate notification of attempted access to a

blocked site.

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Send logs according to this schedule

Specifies how often to send the logs: None, Hourly, Daily, Weekly, or When Log is Full.

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Day for sending log. Specifies which day of the week to send the log. Relevant when the

log is sent weekly or daily.

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Time for sending log. Specifies the time of day to send the log. Relevant when the log is

sent daily or weekly.

If the Weekly, Daily or Hourly option is selected and the log fills up before the specified

period, the log is automatically e-mailed to the specified e-mail address. After the log is sent,

the log is cleared from the router’s memory. If the router cannot e-mail the log file, the log

buffer may fill up. In this case, the router overwrites the log and discards its contents. If you do

not want logs sent, select None from the list in the Send Logs According To This Schedule

section. Alerts will be sent, but not the logs.

The WGT634U Wireless Media Router can use the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to obtain the

current time and date from one of several Network Time Servers on the Internet. Select whether to

enable NTP.

In order to localize the time for your log entries, you must specify your Time Zone:

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Time Zone. Select your local time zone. This setting will be used for the blocking schedule

and for time-stamping log entries.

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Daylight Savings Time. Check this box if your time zone is currently under daylight savings

time.

Note:

If your region uses Daylight Savings Time, you must manually select Adjust for Daylight

Savings Time on the first day of Daylight Savings Time, and clear this check box at the end.

Enabling Daylight Savings Time will cause one hour to be added to the standard time.

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Chapter 7

Maintenance

This chapter describes how to use the maintenance features of your 108 Mbps Wireless Media

Router WGT634U. These features can be found by clicking on the Maintenance heading in the

main menu of the browser interface.

Viewing Wireless Router Status Information

The Router Status menu provides a limited amount of status and usage information. From the main

menu of the browser interface, click on Maintenance, then select Router Status to view the Router

Status screen, shown below.

Figure 7-1:

Router Status screen

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This screen shows the following parameters:

Table 7-1.

Menu 3.2 - Wireless Router Status Fields

Field

Description

Account Name

Displays the Host Name assigned to the router.

Firmware Version

Displays the router firmware version.

Internet Port

These parameters apply to the Internet (WAN) port of the router.

MAC Address

Displays the Media Access Control address being used by the Internet

(WAN) port of the router.

IP Address

Displays the IP address being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the

router. If no address is shown, the router cannot connect to the Internet.

DHCP

If set to None, the router is configured to use a fixed IP address on the

WAN. If set to Client, the router is configured to obtain an IP address

dynamically from the ISP.

IP Subnet Mask

Displays the IP Subnet Mask being used by the Internet (WAN) port of

the router.

Domain Name Server

Displays the Domain Name Servers (DNS) mapping descriptive names

of network resources to IP addresses.

LAN Port

These parameters apply to the Local (WAN) port of the router.

MAC Address

Displays the Media Access Control address being used by the LAN port

of the router.

IP Address

Displays the IP address being used by the Local (LAN) port of the router.

The default is 192.168.1.1

DHCP

Identifies if the router’s built-in DHCP server is active for the LAN

attached devices.

IP Subnet Mask

Displays the IP Subnet Mask being used by the Local (LAN) port of the

router. The default is 255.255.255.0

Wireless Port

These parameters apply to the Wireless port of the router.

Name (SSID)

Displays the wireless network name (SSID) being used by the wireless

port of the router. The default is Wireless.

Region

Displays the geographic region where the router is being used.

Channel

Identifies if the channel the wireless port is using. See

“Wireless

Channels” on page D-7

for the frequencies used on each channel.

Mode

Indicates the current mode — g and b, g only, or b only.

Broadcast Name

Indicates whether the router is broadcasting its SSID.

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Click the “Show WAN Status” button to display the WAN status, as shown below.

Figure 7-2:

Connection Status screen

This screen shows the following statistics:

WAN Status action buttons are described in

Table 7-2

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Table 7-1.

Connection Status Fields

Field

Description

Connection Time

The length of time the router has been connected to your Internet service provider’s

network.

Connection Method

The method used to obtain an IP address from your Internet service provider.

IP Address

The WAN (Internet) IP Address assigned to the router.

Network Mask

The WAN (Internet) Subnet Mask assigned to the router.

Default Gateway

The WAN (Internet) default gateway the router communicates with.

Table 7-2.

Show WAN Status action buttons

Field

Description

Renew

Click the Renew button to renew the DHCP lease.