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Cisco Small Business WAP551 and WAP561 Wireless-N Access Point 31
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The Kernel Log is a comprehensive list of system events (shown in the System
Log) and kernel messages such as error conditions.
You cannot view kernel log messages directly from the web interface. You must
first set up a remote log server to receive and capture logs. Then you can
configure the WAP device to log to the remote log server.
Remote log server collection for WAP device syslog messages provides these
features:
• Allows aggregation of syslog messages from multiple APs
• Stores a longer history of messages than is kept on a single WAP device
• Triggers scripted management operations and alerts
To specify a host on your network to serve as a remote log server:
STEP 1 Select Administration > Log Settings in the navigation pane.
STEP 2 Configure the parameters:
• Remote Log—Enables the WAP device to send log messages to a remote
host. When disabled, all log messages are kept on the local system.
• Server IPv4/IPv6 Address/Name—The IPv4 or IPv6 address, or the
hostname of the remote log server.
A hostname can consist of one or more labels, which are sets of up to 63
alphanumeric characters. If a hostname includes multiple labels, each is
separated by a period (.). The entire series of labels and periods can be up
to 253 characters long.
• UDP Port—The logical port number for the syslog process on the remote
host. The range is from 1 to 65535. The default port is 514.
Using the default port is recommended. If you choose to reconfigure the log
port, make sure that the port number you assign to syslog is available for use.
STEP 3 Click Save. The changes are saved to the Startup Configuration.
If you enabled a Remote Log host, clicking Save activates remote logging. The
WAP device sends its kernel messages real-time for display to the remote log
server monitor, a specified kernel log file, or other storage, depending on your
configurations.
If you disabled a Remote Log host, clicking Save disables remote logging.