Logs; Chapter 22 Logs; Overview; What You Can Do In The Log Screens - ZyXEL Communications P-793H v3 User Manual

22.1 Overview

This chapter contains information about configuring general log settings and viewing the P-79X's

logs.

The web configurator allows you to choose which categories of events and/or alerts to have the P-
79X log and then display the logs or have the P-79X send them to an administrator (as e-mail) or to
a syslog server.

22.1.1 What You Can Do in the Log Screens

• Use the View Log screen
selected in the Log Settings screen.
• Use The Log Settings screen
server, when to send logs and what logs to send.

22.1.2 What 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 P-79X. For example, when someone logs
in to the P-79X, you can set a schedule for how often logs should be enabled, or sent to a syslog
server.

22.2 The View Log Screen

Use the View Log screen to see the logs for the categories that you selected in the Log Settings
screen (see Section 22.3 on page
Entries in red indicate alerts. The log wraps around and deletes the old entries after it fills. Click a
column heading to sort the entries by that column's criteria. Click the heading cell again to reverse
the sort order. A triangle indicates ascending or descending sort order.
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(Section 22.2 on page 206) to see the logs for the categories that you
(Section 22.3 on page
207). Click Maintenance > Logs to open the View Log screen.
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