Running Diagnostic Utilities And Rebooting The Wireless Modem Router - NETGEAR DGN2000 Reference Manual

• Outgoing Mail Server. Enter the name or IP address of your ISP's outgoing (SMTP) mail
server (such as mail.myISP.com). You might be able to find this information in the
configuration settings of your e-mail program. Enter the e-mail address to which logs and
alerts are sent. This e-mail address is also used as the From address. If you leave this field
blank, log and alert messages are not sent by e-mail.
• My Mail Server requires authentication.If you use an outgoing mail server provided by
your current ISP, you do not need to select this field. If you use an e-mail account that is not
provided by your ISP, select this field, and enter the required user name and password
information.
• Send E-Mail alerts immediately. Select the corresponding check box if you would like
immediate notification of a significant security event, such as a known attack, port scan, or
attempted access to a blocked site.
• Send Logs According to this Schedule. Specifies how often to send the logs: Hourly, Daily,
Weekly, or When Full.
– Day for sending log
Specifies which day of the week to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent weekly.
– Time for sending log
Specifies the time of day to send the log. Relevant when the log is sent daily or weekly.
If the Weekly, Daily or Hourly option is selected and the log fills up before the specified
period, the log is automatically e-mailed to the specified e-mail address. After the log is sent, it
is cleared from the modem router's memory. If the modem router cannot e-mail the log file,
the log buffer might fill up. In this case, the modem router overwrites the log and discards its
contents.
Running Diagnostic Utilities and Rebooting the Wireless
Modem Router
The modem router has a diagnostics feature. You can use the Diagnostics screen to perform the
following functions from the modem router:
• Ping an IP address to test connectivity to see if you can reach a remote host.
• Perform a DNS lookup to test if an Internet name resolves to an IP address to verify that the
DNS server configuration is working.
• Display the Routing table to identify what other modem routers the modem router is
communicating with.
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