Viewing, selecting, and saving logged information – NETGEAR 54 Mbps Wireless ADSL Firewall DG834G User Manual

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Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router DG834G User Manual

Managing Your Network

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v1.0, May 2008

Viewing, Selecting, and Saving Logged Information

The modem router logs security-related events such as denied incoming service requests, hacker
probes, and administrator logins. If you enabled content filtering in the Block Sites screen, the
Logs screen can show you when someone on your network tries to access a blocked site. If you
enabled e-mail notification, you receive these logs in an e-mail message. If you do not have
e-mail notification enabled, you can view the logs here.

An example of the logs file is shown in the following figure:

Log entries are described in the following table.

Figure 4-7

Table 4-4. Security Log Entry Descriptions

Field

Description

Current time

The date and time the log entry was recorded.

Description or
action

The type of event and what action was taken if any.

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