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Send Alerts 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.
SMTP
Authentication
SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is the message-exchange standard 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 31 characters) (usually the user name of a mail
account).
Password
Enter the password associated with the user name above.
Log Schedule
This drop-down menu is used to configure the frequency of log messages being
sent as E-mail:
•
Daily
•
Weekly
•
Hourly
•
When Log is Full
•
None.
If you select
Weekly
or
Daily
, specify a time of day when the E-mail should be
sent. If you select
Weekly
, then also specify which day of the week the E-mail
should be sent. If you select
When Log is Full
, an alert is sent when the log fills
up. If you select
None
, no log messages are sent.
Day for Sending Log
Use the drop down list box to select which day of the week to send the logs.
Time for Sending
Log
Enter the time of the day in 24-hour format (for example 23:00 equals 11:00 pm)
to send the logs.
Clear log after
sending mail
Select the checkbox to delete all the logs after the NBG334W sends an E-mail
of the logs.
Syslog Logging
The NBG334W sends a log to an external syslog server.
Active
Click
Active
to enable syslog logging.
Syslog Server IP
Address
Enter the server name or IP address of the syslog server that will log the
selected categories of logs.
Log Facility
Select a location from the drop down list box. The log facility allows you to log
the messages to different files in the syslog server. Refer to the syslog server
manual for more information.
Active Log and Alert
Log
Select the categories of logs that you want to record.
Send Immediate
Alert
Select log categories for which you want the NBG334W to send E-mail alerts
immediately.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Reset
Click
Reset
to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Table 77
Maintenance > Logs > Log Settings
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