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Advanced Configuration
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Alarms
This category has three sub-categories.
Groups
Alarm Host Table
Syslog
Groups
There are seven alarm groups that can be enabled or disabled:
Enable Configuration Alarms
Enable Security Alarms
Enable Wireless Alarms
Enable Operational Alarms
Enable Flash Memory Alarms
Enable TFTP Alarms
Enable Image Alarms
Place a check mark in the box provided to enable a specific group. Remove the check mark from the box to disable the
alarms.
These alarm groups correspond to System Alarms that are displayed in the HTTP interfaces System Status screen
and to traps that are sent by the AP-600 to the SNMP managers specified in the Alarm Host Table.
See System Alarms (Traps) for the list of alarms contained in each group.
Alarm Host Table
To add an entry and enable the AP-600 to send SNMP trap messages to a Trap Host, click Add, and then specify the
IP Address and Password for the Trap Host.
IP Address: Enter the Trap Host IP Address.
Password: Enter the password in the Password field and the Confirm field.
Comment: Enter an optional comment, such as the alarm (trap) host station name.
To edit or delete an entry, click Edit. Edit the information, or select Enable, Disable, or Delete from the Status
drop-down menu.
Syslog
The Syslog messaging system enables the AP-600 to transmit event messages to a central server for monitoring and
troubleshooting. The access point logs Session Start (Log-in) and Session Stop (Log-out) events for each wireless
client as an alternative to RADIUS accounting.
See RFC 3164 at http://www.rfc-editor.org/ for more information on the Syslog standard.
Setting Syslog Event Notifications
Syslog Events are logged according to the level of detail specified by the administrator. Logging only urgent system
messages will create a far smaller, more easily read log then a log of every event the system encounters. Determine
which events to log by selecting a priority defined by the following scale: