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N300 WiFi Router (N300R) User Manual
Restricting Access From Your Network 3-9
v1.0, May 2012
2. To receive e-mail logs and alerts from the router, select the Turn E-mail Notification On
check box.
a. Enter the name of your ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as mail.myISP.com ) in
the Your Outgoing Mail Server field. You might be able to find this information in the
configuration screen of your e-mail program. If you leave this field blank, log and alert
messages will not be sent by e-mail.
b. Enter the e-mail address to which logs and alerts are sent in the Send To This E-mail
Address field. This e-mail address will also be used as the From address. If you leave this
field blank, log and alert messages will not be sent by e-mail.
3. If your e-mail server requires authentication, select the My Mail Server requires
authentication check box.
a. Enter your user name for the e-mail server in the User Name field.
b. Enter your password for the e-mail server in the Password field.
4. You can specify that logs are automatically sent by e-mail with these options:
• Send alert immediately . Select this check box for immediate notification of attempted
access to a blocked site or service.
• Send Logs According to this Schedule . Specifies how often to send the logs: Hourly,
Daily, Weekly, or When Full.
– Day . Specifies which day of the week to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent
weekly or daily.
– Time . Specifies the time of day to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent daily or
weekly.
If you select the Weekly, Daily, or Hourly option and the log fills up before the specified
period, the log is automatically e-mailed to the specified e-mail address. After the log is sent,
the log is cleared from the router’s memory. If the router cannot e-mail the log file, the log
buffer might fill up. In this case, the router overwrites the log and discards its contents.
5. Click Apply to save your settings.