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AC1200 WiFi DSL Modem Router—Essentials Edition Model D6100
7. Enter the settings as described in the following table.
Field Description
Send alerts and logs through e-mail
Your Outgoing Mail Server Enter the name of your ISP’s outgoing (SMTP) mail server (such as
mail.myISP.com).
You might be able to find this information in the configuration screen of your
email program. If you leave this field blank, log and alert messages are not
sent.
Send to
This E-mail Address Enter the email address to which logs and alerts must be sent.
Secure connection (use SSL) Select this check box to send messages over a secure connection.
My mail server requires
authentication
If your outgoing email server requires authentication, select this check box
and specify the following settings:
• In the User Name field, enter the user name for the outgoing email
server
.
• In the Password field, enter the password for the outgoing email
server
.
Send Alert Immediately
If a DoS attack is detected Select this check box to enable the modem router to send en email alert
when it detects a denial of service (DoS) attack.
If a Port Scan is detected Select this check box to enable the modem router to send en email alert
when it detects a port scan.
When someone attempts to
visit a blocked site
By default, this check box is selected and email alerts are sent immediately
when someone attempts to visit a blocked site.
Send logs according to this schedule
T
o send logs based on a schedule, select one of the following options from the menu:
• When log is full.
This is the default selection.
• Hourly. Logs are sent every hour.
• Daily. Logs are sent every day. From the
T
ime menu, specify the time of day, and select the am or pm
radio button.
• W
eekly. Logs are sent every week. From the Day menu, select the day
. From the Time menu, specify
the time of day, and select the am or pm radio button.
If you do not want logs to be sent at all, select the None option from the menu.
8. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Logs are sent automatically. If the log fills before the specified time, it is sent. After the log
is sent, it is cleared from the modem router memory. If the modem router cannot email the
log and the log buffer fills, the modem router overwrites the log.