Configuring Logging; Configuring Local Logging - Cisco Small Business RV220W Administration Manual

Administering Your Cisco RV220W

Configuring Logging

Configuring Logging

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The RV220W provides remote and local logging. To configure logging, choose
Administration > Logging and select the type of logging to configure.

Configuring Local Logging

The router can be configured to log and e-mail notifications for denial of service
attacks, general attack information, login attempts, dropped packets, and so on, to
a specified e-mail address or a Syslog server.
Routing Logs
This section is used to configure the logging options for each network segment
(for example, LAN-WAN).
Enabling logging options may generate a significant volume of log messages and
is recommended for debugging purposes only.
• Accepted Packets—Check this box to log packets that were successfully
transferred through the segment. This option is useful when the Default
Outbound Policy is "Block Always" (see the Firewall > IPv4 Rules page). For
example, if Accept Packets from LAN to WAN is enabled and there is a
firewall rule to allow ssh traffic from the LAN, then whenever a LAN machine
tries to make an ssh connection, those packets will be accepted and a
message will be logged. (Make sure the log option is set to allow for this
firewall rule.)
• Dropped Packets—Check this box to log packets that were blocked from
being transferred through the segment. This option is useful when the
Default Outbound Policy is "Allow Always" (see the Firewall > IPv4 Rules
page). For example, if Drop Packets from LAN to WAN is enabled and there
is a firewall rule to block SSH traffic from LAN, then whenever a LAN
machine tries to make an ssh connection, those packets will be dropped
and a message will be logged. (Make sure the log option is set to allow for
this firewall rule.)
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