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Configuration – Alarms > Event Settings > Syslog Messages
As well as logging events to an internal log file and to a file on a USB flash drive, the router
can log events to a Syslog server.
This section describes how to configure the router to send Syslog messages to a Syslog
server.
Send Syslog messages
When this checkbox is checked, the following options are displayed:
Send a Syslog message when the event priority is at least n
This is the lowest priority event that will generate a syslog message. For example, if this
value is set to 6, only events with a priority of 6 or lower (7,8 or 9) will trigger an
automated syslog message. To disable syslog messages, set this value to 0.
Send a maximum of n Syslog messages per day
This parameter sets the limit on the number of syslog messages that may be sent during
any 24 hour period. The intention is to prevent excessive alerts being sent when the event
trigger value is set to a high priority / low value (1, 2 or 3 for example), i.e. a value that
results in a large number of syslog messages being generated.
n Syslog messages have been sent today
This is a status message that indicates how many Syslog messages have been sent in the
last 24 hour period.
Related CLI Commands
Entity
Instance
Parameter
Values
Equivalent Web Parameter
event n syslog_trig 0 – 9
Send a Syslog message when
the event priority is at least n
event n syslog_max 0 - 255
Send a maximum of n Syslog
messages per day
Configuration – Alarms > Event Settings > Syslog Server n
This section describes the configuration of the router for defining the Syslog server to send
messages to.
Syslog server IP address
This parameter sets the IP address of the server.
Port
This parameter sets the port to use.
Note:
The following three items (Mode, TCP timeout and Route) only appear on routers that have
the TCP logging software option enabled. This is not a commonly used option.
Mode
There are currently three supported communication modes, these are selected from a drop-
down list and are TCP, UDP and a protocol described in RFC 3195.
TCP timeout s seconds
For TCP communications, this parameter sets the timeout on the socket.
Route using