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ASYNC ROUTER AR-P, AR-5, AND SYNC ROUTER REFERENCE MANUAL
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4.14 syslog
Configure/display system logging information
Syntax
syslog {on | off}
syslog address host_addr
syslog class class_value
syslog message message_string
syslog priority priority_value
syslog status
Description
The syslog command sets the configuration of how significant events are recorded to a log that displays
on the system console. The following events cause syslog messages to be generated:
• a remote site dials up
• a remote site dials in
• a critical error occurs
• the router reboots
• informational/debug messages are generated
Once you enter syslog on, the messages are displayed on the Router’s system console, even when the
administrator is not logged onto the console. System log messages with priority LOG_WARNING or
higher (4 through 0) are always sent to the console.
If a host is specified with the address subcommand, messages are also sent to the host with the address
host_addr.
NOTE
The Router uses syslog to log significant events due to IPX and IP traffic. Sent over an
IP network, messages related to significant IPX events are always displayed at the
console, because the Router may be operating in an IPX-only environment, in which a
syslog host does not exist.
Subcommands
syslog {on | off}
on—Disables the local display of system log information. and moves the display to the command
terminal from which it was entered. For example, if the Router is currently displaying syslog messages
on the serial console, entering syslog on from a telnet session moves the syslog messages to the telnet
session.
off—disables local display of the system log information. The syslog on subcommand moves the
display to the command terminal from which it was entered. For example, if the Router is currently
displaying syslog messages on the serial console, entering syslog on from a telnet session will move
the syslog messages to the telnet session.