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38 | Chapter 4: Managing Your Network

Mobile Broadband Wireless-N Router MBRN3000

Log entries and action buttons are described in the following table.

Selecting Which Information to Log

Besides the standard information listed previously, you can choose to log additional

information. Those optional selections are as follows:

• Attempted access to blocked site

• Connections to the router menu

• Router operation (start up, get time, and so on)

• Known DoS attacks and port scans

Saving Log Files on a Server

You can choose to write the logs to a computer running a syslog program. To activate this

feature, select to the Broadcast on LAN radio button or enter the IP address of the server

where the syslog file will be written.

Examples of Log Messages

Following are examples of log messages. In all cases, the log entry shows the timestamp as:

Day, Year-Month-Date Hour:Minute:Second.

Table 7. Security Log Entry and Button Descriptions

Field or button 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.

Source IP The IP address of the initiating device for this log entry.

Source port and interface The service port number of the initiating device, and whether it

originated from the LAN or WAN.

Destination The name or IP address of the destination device or website.

Destination port and interface The service port number of the destination device, and whether it is

on the LAN or WAN.

Refresh button Refresh the log screen.

Clear Log button Clear the log entries.

Send Log button Email the log immediately.

Apply button Apply the current settings.

Cancel button Clear the current settings.

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