Operation Manual

System Logging
Logging Level: Setting the log level controls which messages are stored or filtered out. A log level of Debug will record
the most information while a log level of Critical will only record the most urgent messages. Each level includes all
messages from all of the levels below it on the list (e.g. “Warning” includes all “Error” and “Critical” messages as well).
Debug
Info
Warning
Error
Critical
Enable Logging to a Syslog Server: Enabling this option will send log messages to a specified Syslog server. After
enabling, type the Hostname or IP address of the Syslog server (or select from the dropdown menu).
Syslog Server Address: Select the Hostname or IP address from the dropdown menu, or type this in manually.
Include System ID: This option will include the router’s "System ID" at the beginning of every log message. This is
often useful when a single remote Syslog server is handling logs for several routers.
Include UTF8 Byte Order Mark: The log message is sent using UTF-8 encoding. By default the router will attach
the Unicode Byte Order Mark (BOM) to the Syslog message in compliance with the Syslog protocol, RFC5424.
Some Syslog servers may not fully support RFC5424 and will treat the BOM as ASCII text, which will appear as
garbled characters in the log. If this occurs, disable this option.
Log to attached USB stick: Only enable this option if instructed by a Cradlepoint support agent. This will write a very
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