System settings – Motorola 2200 User Manual

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Administrator’s Handbook

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System Settings

You can configure system settings to assign a name to your Motorola Netopia® Gateway and to specify
what types of messages you want the diagnostic log to record.

set system name

name

Specifies the name of your Motorola Netopia® Gateway. Each Motorola Netopia® Gateway is assigned
a name as par t of its factor y initialization. The default name for a Motorola Netopia® Gateway consists
of the word “Netopia-3000/XXX” where “XXX” is the serial number of the device; for example, Netopia-
3000/9437188. A system name can be 1 – 255 characters long. Once you have assigned a name to
your Motorola Netopia® Gateway, you can enter that name in the Address text field of your browser to
open a connection to your Motorola Netopia® Gateway.

NOTE:

Some broadband cable-oriented Ser vice Providers use the

System Name as an important

identification and suppor t parameter. If your Gateway is par t of this type of network, do
NOT alter the System Name unless specifically instructed by your Service Provider.

set system diagnostic-level { off | low | medium | high | alerts | failures }

Specifies the types of log messages you want the Motorola Netopia® Gateway to record. All messages
with a level equal to or greater than the level you specify are recorded. For example, if you specify set
system diagnostic-level

medium, the diagnostic log will retain medium-level informational messages,

aler ts, and failure messages. Specifying

off turns off logging.

Use the following guidelines:

low

- Low-level informational messages or greater; includes trivial status messages.

medium

- Medium-level informational messages or greater; includes status messages that can

help monitor network traffic.

high

- High-level informational messages or greater; includes status messages that may be signifi-

cant but do not constitute errors. The default.

alerts

- Warnings or greater; includes recoverable error conditions and useful operator informa-

tion.

failures

- Failures; includes messages describing error conditions that may not be recoverable.

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