Motorola AP-51XX User Manual

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System Configuration

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3.

Click

Apply

to save any changes to the Logging Configuration screen. Navigating away from

the screen without clicking the Apply button results in all changes to the screen being lost.

View Log

Click

View

to save a log of events retained on the access point.

The system displays a prompt requesting the administrator
password before saving the log. After the password has been
entered, click

Get File

to display a dialogue with buttons to

Open

or

Save

the log.txt file. Click Save and specify a location to save

the log file.

Use the WordPad application to view the saved log.txt file on a
Microsoft Windows based computer. Do not view the log file using
Notepad, as the Notepad application does not properly display the
formatting of the access point log file. Log entries are not saved in
the access point. While the AP is in operation, log data temporarily
resides in memory. AP memory is completely cleared each time the
AP reboots.

Logging Level

Use the

Logging Level

drop-down menu to select the desired log

level for tracking system events. Eight logging levels, (0 to 7) are
available.

Log Level 6: Info

is the access point default log level.

These are the standard UNIX/LINUX syslog levels.The levels are as
follows:
0 - Emergency
1 - Alert

2 - Critical
3
- Errors
4
- Warning

5 - Notice
6 - Info

7 - Debug

Enable logging to an
external syslog server

The access point can log events to an external syslog (system log)
server. Select the

Enable logging to an external syslog server

checkbox to enable the server to listen for incoming syslog
messages and decode the messages into a log for viewing.

Syslog server IP
address

If the

Enable logging to an external syslog server

checkbox is

selected, the numerical (non DNS name) IP address of an external
syslog server is required in order to route the syslog events to that
destination.

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