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GWN7000 User Manual
Version 1.0.6.28
Logserver
The logserver page allows the user to configure syslog server on GWN7000 in order to save log messages
on connected external USB drive.
First connect a USB drive to the Access point, then configure the parameters and make sure to start the
server in order to collect messages from devices sending syslog to GWN.
Following table gives description for configuration parameters of GWN Logserver:
Option
Description
Enable WAN Firewall Rule
Enable WAN Firewall rules to allow incoming syslog messages to the router.
Logrotate File Size
Select the size of file to trigger rotation, if left empty, then the router will use
only the Logrotate frequency rules to trigger rotation.
Logrotate File Count
Select the Maximum number of rotates files to keep. Default is 56 files.
Logrotate Mode
Choose the time rotation frequency mode (default every 3 hours).
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Every X hours (0-23)
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Every X Minutes (0-59).
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X hour of day (0-23).
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X day of week (Sunday-Saturday) + X hour of day (0-23).
Hours
Enter the number of hours period after which trigger file rotation.
Minutes
Enter the number of Minutes period after which trigger file rotation.
Hour of the day
Enter the hour of day at which trigger file rotation.
Day of the week
Enter Day of the week + hour of day, at which trigger file rotation.
Devices
Select the path (a USB partition) to store collected logs. Required.
Enable Logserver
Enables the logserver
After setting up the logserver and saving the settings, users need to connect a USB external storage and
press Start button in order to start collecting logs.
All log messages from all devices will be put on one single file, and the router will keep rotating and creating
new files based on the configured rotation policy.