ZyXEL Communications P-2900-4HB User Manual

P-2900-4HB User’s Guide

This chapter contains information about configuring general log settings and 
viewing the ZyXEL Device’s logs. Refer to the appendix for example log message 
explanations.

The web configurator allows you to choose which categories of events and/or 
alerts to have the ZyXEL Device log and then display the logs or have the ZyXEL 
Device send them to an administrator (as e-mail) or to a syslog server. 

• Use  the  Log Settings screen (

) to configure the mail 

server, the syslog server, when to send logs, and what logs to send.

• Use  the  View Logs screen (

) to see the logs for the 

categories that you selected in the Log Settings screen.

An alert is a message that is enabled as soon as the event occurs. They include 
system errors, attacks (access control) and attempted access to blocked web 
sites. Some categories such as System Errors consist of both logs and alerts. You 
may differentiate them by their color in the View Log screen. Alerts display in red 
and logs display in black.

A log is a message about an event that occurred on your ZyXEL Device. For 
example, when someone logs in to the ZyXEL Device, you can set a schedule for 
how often logs should be enabled, or sent to a syslog server.