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Viewing, Selecting, and Saving Logged Information

The wireless modem router logs security-related events such as denied incoming service
requests, hacker probes, and administrator logins. If you enable content filtering in the Block
Sites screen, the Logs screen show you when someone on your network tries to access a
blocked site. If you enable e-mail notification, you will receive these logs in an e-mail
message.
To view the log, select Logs under Content Filtering. A screen similar to the following
displays:
You can write the logs to a computer running a syslog program. To activate this feature,
select Broadcast on LAN, or enter the IP address of the server where the syslog file will be
written.
Table 6. Security Log Entry Descriptions
Field
Date and time
Description or action
Source IP
Source port and interface
Destination
Destination port and interface
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Description
The date and time the log entry was recorded.
The type of event and what action was taken, if any.
The IP address of the initiating device for this log entry.
The service port number of the initiating device, and whether it
originated from the LAN or WAN.
The name or IP address of the destination device or website.
The service port number of the destination device, and whether it is
on the LAN or WAN.