Installing the syslog client – Netopia D3232 IDSL User Manual

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You can configure a UNIX-style syslog client for the PC to repor t a number of subsets of the events entered in
the Netopia D-Series’s WAN Event Histor y. See

“WAN Event Histor y” on page 7-55

.The Syslog client daemon

program (for the PC only) is supplied as a .ZIP file on the CustomerCare CD.

Select Logging from the System Configuration menu.

The Logging Configuration screen appears.

By default, all events are logged in the event histor y.

By toggling each event descriptor either Yes or No, you can determine which ones are logged and which are
ignored.

You can enable or disable the syslog client dynamically. When enabled, it will repor t any appropriate and
previously unrepor ted events.

You can specify the syslog ser ver’s address either in dotted decimal format or as a DNS name up to 63
characters.

You can specify the UNIX syslog Facility to use by selecting the Facility pop-up.

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The Goodies folder on the CustomerCare CD contains a Syslog client daemon program that can be configured to
repor t the WAN events you specified in the Logging Configuration screen.

To install the Syslog client daemon, exit from the graphical CustomerCare CD program and locate the CD
director y structure through your Windows desktop, or through Windows Explorer. Go to the Goodies director y on
the CD and locate the Sds15000.exe program. This is the Syslog daemon installer. Run the Sds15000.exe
program and follow the on screen instructions for enabling the Windows Syslog daemon.

Logging Configuration

WAN Event Log Options
Log Boot and Errors: Yes
Log Line Specific: Yes

Syslog Parameters
Syslog Enabled: No
Hostname or IP Address:
Facility... Local 0

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