Logs; Chapter 10 Logs; Overview; What You Can Do In The Log Screens - ZyXEL Communications P-2900-4HB User Manual

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10.1 Overview

This chapter contains information about configuring general log settings and
viewing the ZyXEL Device's logs. Refer to the appendix for example log message
explanations.
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.

10.1.1 What You Can Do in the Log Screens

• Use the Log Settings screen
server, the syslog server, when to send logs, and what logs to send.
• Use the View Logs screen
categories that you selected in the Log Settings screen.

10.1.2 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 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.
P-2900-4HB User's Guide
(Section 10.2 on page
(Section 10.3 on page 78) to see the logs for the
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