Logs; Chapter 20 Logs; Overview; What You Can Do In The Log Screens - ZyXEL Communications P-660HN User Manual

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20.1 Overview

This chapter contains information about configuring general log settings and viewing the
ZyXEL Device's logs.
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.

20.1.1 What You Can Do in the Log Screens

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

20.1.2 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.

20.2 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
Log screen.
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. A triangle indicates ascending or descending sort
order.
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