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Mobile Broadband 11n Wireless Router MBR1000
Selecting Which Information to Log
Besides the standard information listed previously, you can choose to log additional
information. Those optional selections are as follows:
• Attempted access to blocked site
• Connections to the router menu
• Router operation (start up, get time, and so on)
• Known DoS attacks and port scans
Saving Log Files on a Server
You can choose to write the logs to a computer running a syslog program. To activate this
feature, select to the Broadcast on LAN radio button or enter the IP address of the server
where the syslog file will be written.
Examples of Log Messages
Following are examples of log messages. In all cases, the log entry shows the timestamp as:
Day, Year-Month-Date Hour:Minute:Second.
Activation and Administration
Tue, 2002-05-21 18:48:39 - NETGEAR activated
[This entry indicates a power-up or reboot with initial time entry.]
Tue, 2002-05-21 18:55:00 - Administrator login successful - IP:192.168.0.2
Thu, 2002-05-21 18:56:58 - Administrator logout - IP:192.168.0.2
[This entry shows an administrator logging in and out from IP address 192.168.0.2.]
Tue, 2002-05-21 19:00:06 - Login screen timed out - IP:192.168.0.2
[This entry shows a time-out of the administrator login.]
Wed, 2002-05-22 22:00:19 - Log emailed
[This entry shows when the log was e-mailed.]
Dropped Packets
Wed, 2002-05-22 07:15:15 - TCP packet dropped - Source:64.12.47.28,4787,WAN -
Destination:134.177.0.11,21,LAN - [Inbound Default rule match]
Sun, 2002-05-22 12:50:33 - UDP packet dropped - Source:64.12.47.28,10714,WAN -
Destination:134.177.0.11,6970,LAN - [Inbound Default rule match]
Apply Apply the current settings.
Cancel Clear the current settings.
Table 7. Security Log Entry and Button Descriptions (Continued)
Field Description