ZyXEL Communications Corporation WAC6502D-E User Manual

Chapter 13 Log and Report

NWA5000 / WAC6500 Series User’s Guide

The following table describes the fields in this screen.  

Configuration > Log & Report > Log Setting > Active Log Summary

Active Log 
Summary 

If the NWA/WAC is set to controller mode, the AC section controls logs generated by the 
controller and the AP section controls logs generated by the managed APs.

System log

Use the System Log drop-down list to change the log settings for all of the log categories.

disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information for any category for the system log or 
e-mail any logs to e-mail server 1 or 2.

enable normal logs (green check mark) - create log messages and alerts for all 
categories for the system log. If e-mail server 1 or 2 also has normal logs enabled, the 
NWA/WAC will e-mail logs to them.

enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - create log messages, alerts, 
and debugging information for all categories. The NWA/WAC does not e-mail debugging 
information, even if this setting is selected.

E-mail Server 1

Use the E-Mail Server 1 drop-down list to change the settings for e-mailing logs to e-mail 
server 1 for all log categories.

Using the System Log drop-down list to disable all logs overrides your e-mail server 1 
settings.

enable normal logs (green check mark) - e-mail log messages for all categories to e-mail 
server 1.

enable alert logs (red exclamation point) - e-mail alerts for all categories to e-mail server 
1.

E-mail Server 2

Use the E-Mail Server 2 drop-down list to change the settings for e-mailing logs to e-mail 
server 2 for all log categories.

Using the System Log drop-down list to disable all logs overrides your e-mail server 2 
settings.

enable normal logs (green check mark) - e-mail log messages for all categories to e-mail 
server 2.

enable alert logs (red exclamation point) - e-mail alerts for all categories to e-mail server 
2.

Remote Server 
1~4

For each remote server, use the Selection drop-down list to change the log settings for all 
of the log categories.

disable all logs (red X) - do not send the remote server logs for any log category.

enable normal logs (green check mark) - send the remote server log messages and 
alerts for all log categories. 

enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - send the remote server log 
messages, alerts, and debugging information for all log categories. 

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This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with a specific address.

Log Category

This field displays each category of messages. It is the same value used in the Display and 
Category fields in the View Log tab. The Default category includes debugging messages 
generated by open source software.

System log

Select which events you want to log by Log Category. There are three choices:

disable all logs (red X) - do not log any information from this category

enable normal logs (green checkmark) - create log messages and alerts from this 
category

enable normal logs and debug logs (yellow check mark) - create log messages, alerts, 
and debugging information from this category; the NWA/WAC does not e-mail debugging 
information, however, even if this setting is selected.