Enabling Security Event Email Notification - NETGEAR MBR1200 User Manual

Enabling Security Event Email Notification

To set up the router so that you can receive logs and alerts by email, select Email from the
router menu to display the following screen:
To receive alerts and logs by email:
Select the Turn Email Notification On check box.
1.
Fill in the fields to send alerts and logs through email.
2.
Your Outgoing Mail Server. Enter the name or IP address of the outgoing SMTP
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mail server of your ISP (such as mail.myISP.com).
Send to This Email Address. Enter the e-mail address where you want to send the
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alerts and logs. Use a full email address, such as ChrisXY@myISP.com.
My mail server requires authentication. Select this check box if you need to log in
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to your SMTP server to send email. If you select this feature, you must enter the user
name and password for the mail server.
If you cannot remember this information, check the settings in your email
Tip:
program.
Specify when you want the alerts and logs to be sent:
3.
Send alert immediately. Select the corresponding check box if you would like
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immediate notification of a significant security event, such as a known attack, port
scan, or attempted access to a blocked site.
Send logs according to this schedule. Specifies how often to send the logs:
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Hourly, Daily, Weekly, or When Full.
Day for sending log. Specifies which day of the week to send the log. Relevant when
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the log is sent weekly.
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