Setting The System Time - Watchguard Firebox X15 User Manual

6
To include the Firebox X Edge serial number in the syslog
messages, select the Include serial number in syslog messages
check box.
This setting is useful if you have more than one Edge sending syslog
messages to the same syslog host.
7 Click Submit.
Because syslog traffic is not encrypted, syslog messages that are
sent through the Internet decrease the security of the trusted
network. Use a VPN tunnel to increase the security of syslog
message traffic. If the syslog messages go through a VPN tunnel,
IPSec technology encrypts the data.

Setting the System Time

For each log message, the Firebox® X Edge records the time from its
system clock. The Edge uses the NTP protocol to automatically get
the correct time. You can change the NTP server that the Edge uses,
or you can set the system time manually.
To set the system time:
1
To connect to the System Status page, type https:// in the
browser address bar, and the IP address of the Edge trusted
interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1
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