Secure Your Network
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AC1600 WiFi Cable Modem Router
7.
In the
Your Outgoing Mail Server
field, enter the name of your cable service provider’s
outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as mail.myISP.com).
You might be able to find this information on the configuration page of your email
program or by contacting your cable service provider. If you leave this field blank, log and
alert messages are not sent.
8.
In the
Send to This E-mail Address
field, enter the email address to which logs and alerts
are sent.
This email address is also used for the From address. If you leave this field blank, log and
alert messages are not sent.
9.
If your outgoing email server requires authentication, set up the authentication:
a.
Select the
My Mail Server requires authentication
check box.
b.
Complete the
User Name
and
Password
fields for the outgoing email server.
10.
If you want alerts to be sent immediately, select the
Send Alerts Immediately
check box.
Email alerts are sent immediately when someone attempts to visit a blocked site.
11.
To set up a schedule for logs to be sent, specify the following settings:
a.
Select an option from the
Send logs according to this schedule
menu:
•
When log is full
•
Hourly
•
Daily
•
Weekly
•
None
b.
If you select
Daily
or
Weekly
, select the time from the
Day
menu and select the
a.m.
or
p.m.
radio button.
c.
If you select
Weekly
, also select the day from the
Day
menu.
Logs are sent automatically. If the log fills before the specified time, the log is emailed.
After the log is sent, the log is cleared from the memory of the modem router. If the
modem router cannot email the log file, the log buffer might fill. In this case, the modem
router overwrites the log and discards its contents.
12.
Click the
Apply
button.
Your settings are saved.
