Syslog And Accounting; Table 8-4. System Maintenance - Syslog And Accounting Fields - NETGEAR RT311 Reference Manual

Reference Guide for the Model RT311 and RT314 Internet Access Gateway Routers

Syslog and Accounting

Syslog and Accounting can be configured in Menu 24.3.2 - System Maintenance - Syslog and
Accounting. Menu 24.3.2 configures the router to send UNIX system logs to another machine.
You must configure the parameters to activate syslog
Table 8-4. System Maintenance - Syslog and Accounting Fields
Field Command
Active Press the space bar to toggle between
yes and no.
Syslog IP Address Enter the address in dotted-decimal
notation such as a.b.c.d where a, b, c,
and d are numbers between 0 and 255.
Log Facility Press the space bar to toggle between
on and off.
Types
CDR For each type, press the space bar to
Packet triggered toggle between yes and no.
Filter log
PPP log
To configure the router for logging with the syslogd program on a local host:
Go to Menu 24.3.2 - System Maintenance - UNIX Syslog and Accounting.
1.
Set Active to Yes.
2.
In the Syslog IP Address field, enter the IP address of the syslogd host PC.
3.
Select a number for Log Facility.
4.
You can choose any facility number, but the syslogd program must be set to the same number.
Select the type of activity that you would like to log.
5.
You can enable the router to send the following types of syslog messages:
• Call detail record (CDR)
• Packet trigger
System Maintenance
(Table 8-4).
Description
The syslog option is turned on or off.
This field is the IP address location to
send your syslog.
Seven different local options can be
selected. The log facility allows the
message to be logged to different files in
the server. Refer to your UNIX manual
for more detail.
Enable logging for:
Call detail record (CDR)
Packet trigger
Filter event (match or not match)
PPP event
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