USRobotics Instant802 APSDK User Manual

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4. Restart the syslog server by typing the following at the command line prompt:

/etc/init.d/sysklogd restart

Enabling and Disabling the Log Relay Host on the Status Menu’s Events Page

To enable and configure log relaying on the Status menu’s

Events

page, set the log relay options as

described below.

Update Settings

To apply your changes, click

Update

.

If you enabled the log relay host, clicking

Update

will activate remote logging. The access point will send its

kernel messages real-time for display to the remote log server monitor, a specified kernel log file, or other
storage, depending on how you configured the log relay host.

If you disabled the log relay host, clicking

Update

will disable remote logging.

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The syslog process will default to use port 514. USRobotics recommends using this default port.

However, if you choose to reconfigure the log port, make sure that the port number that you assign to
syslog is not being used by another process.

Field

Description

Log Relay Host Enabled

Choose to either enable or disable use of the Log Relay Host:

• Enabled

• Disabled

If you select

Enabled

, the

Relay Host

and

Relay Port

fields are editable.

Relay Host

Specify the

IP Address

or

DNS

name of the relay host.

Relay Port

Specify the port number for the syslog process on the relay host.

The default port is 514.

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