Chapter 18 External Reporting; Syslog; Syslog Servers - Funkwerk W1002 Manual

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Chapter 18 External Reporting

18.1 Syslog

Events in various subsystems of your device (e.g. WLAN, PPP) are logged in the form of
syslog messages (system logging messages). The number of messages visible depends
on the level set (eight levels from Emergency and Information to Debug).
In addition to the data logged internally on your device, all information can and should also
be passed to one or more external PCs for storage and processing, e.g. to the system ad-
ministrator's PC. The syslog messages saved internally on your device are lost when you
reboot.
Warning
Make sure you only pass syslog messages to a safe computer. Check the data regu-
larly and ensure that there is always enough spare capacity available on the hard disk
of your PC.
Syslog Daemon
All Unix operating systems support the recording of syslog messages. For Windows PCs,
the Syslog Demon included in the DIME Tools can record the data and distribute to various
files depending on the contents (see BRICKware for Windows at

18.1.1 Syslog Servers

Configure your device as a syslog server so that defined system messages can be sent to
suitable hosts in the LAN.
In this menu, you define which messages are sent to which hosts and with which condi-
tions.
In the External Reporting -> System Log -> Syslog Servers menu, a list of all configured
system log servers is shown.
18.1.1.1 New
Choose the New button to set up new syslog servers.
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