NETGEAR FVS114NA, Reference Manual

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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall FVS114
4-18 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering
202-10098-01, April 2005
Log entries are described in Table 4-1
Log action buttons are described in Table 4-2
Syslog
You can configure the firewall to send system logs to an external PC that is running a syslog
logging program. Enter the IP address of the logging PC and click the
Enable Syslog check box.
Logging programs are available for Windows, Macintosh, and Linux computers.
Table 4-1. Log entry descriptions
Field Description
Date and 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 Web site.
Destination port and
interface The service port number of the destination device, and whether it’s on
the LAN or WAN.
Table 4-2. Log action buttons
Button Description
Refresh Refresh the log screen.
Clear Log Clear the log entries.
Send Log Email the log immediately.