ZyXEL Communications P-660 User Manual

P-660 Series Support Notes

Log Facility= Local 1

Types:

CDR= No

Packet triggered= No

Filter log= No

PPP log= No

Configuration:

1. Active, use the space bar to turn on the syslog option.
2. Syslog IP Address, enter the IP address of the UNIX server that you wish to send
the syslog.
3. Log Facility, use the space bar to toggle between the 7 different local options.
4. Types, use the space bar to toggle the logs we are going to record.

UNIX Setup

1. Make sure that your syslog starts with -r argument.

-r, this option will enable the facility to receive message from the network using an
Internet domain socket with the syslog services. The default setting is not enabled.

2. Edit the file /etc/syslog.conf by adding the following line at the end of the
/etc/syslog.conf file.

local1.* /var/log/zyxel.log

Where /var/log/zyxel.log is the full path of the log file.

3. Restart syslogd.

ZyXEL Syslog Message Format

CDR

Call Detail Record (CDR) logs all data phone line activity if set to

Yes

Packet
triggered

The first 48 bytes or octets and protocol type of the triggering packet is sent to

the UNIX syslog server when this field is set to

Yes

Filter log

No filters are logged when this field is set to

. Filters with the individual

filter Log field set to Yes are logged when this field is set to

Yes

PPP log

PPP events are logged when this field is set to

Yes