Contrary to popular misconception the syslog is bidirectional process. When you setup a GNAT Box to send syslog data the destination system must be up and ready to accept (and acknowledge) syslog transmissions. If for any reason, that syslog receiver ever fails to acknowledge a syslog transmission from the GNAT Box, then it is my observation that the GNAT Box flags the destination as unreachable and permanently discontinues sending syslog entries. All you need to do to restart the process is; (1) make sure that the syslog receiver is ready to receive data and (2) re-setup the GNAT Box syslog IP destination address. There may be other ways to restart the transmissions, but thst is the technique I use.
I've found that the GNAT Box syslog transmissions are very reliable and will continue for weeks at a time, if you make sure that the syslog receiver system as always ready to receive data and continues to acknowledge the GNAT Box transmissions. That means that if you are using a Windows PC, then the SYSLOGGER software must be running all of the time. John Schotanus [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael W. Burden [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 10:00 AM > To: Joab Stieglitz; GnatBox Users Group > Subject: RE: Syslogger Not Logging > > --------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > Click the Register link and sign up today > http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- > Have you tried installing the syslogger on a different > PC and reconfiguring the GNAT Box to log to that PC? > That would confirm or deny whether there is a problem > with the PC itself... > > Mike Burden > Lynk Systems > (616)532-4985 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Joab Stieglitz > > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 8:48 AM > > To: GnatBox Users Group > > Subject: RE: Syslogger Not Logging > > > > > > --------------------- Attention ----------------------------- > > Online GNAT Box User Forum is Now Open > > Click the Register link and sign up today > > http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > Nothing has changed on the GNATBox or the logging machine. I had been > > experimenting with filters to get the VPN client from work to get > through > > the GNATBOX, but those filters all specified the VPN client PC (not the > > logging machine) to the company firewall, and all have been removed > since > > none of them worked. But that is another issue. > > > > I was wondering if maybe someone hacked through my GNATBox and killed my > > logging PC, since that is the only device on the protected network that > we > > leave on all the time. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Michael W. Burden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 8:15 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; GnatBox Users Group > > Subject: RE: Syslogger Not Logging > > > > > > Are you sure that the problem is on the syslogger end, and that the > > logging configuration on the GNAT Box hasn't been (perhaps accidentally) > > changed? > > > > Mike Burden > > Lynk Systems > > (616)532-4985 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > > Joab Ben Stieglitz > > Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 6:46 PM > > To: GnatBox Users Group > > Subject: Syslogger Not Logging > > > > > > My Syslogger has stopped logging. All it shows is when it is started. > > Nothing has been done to cause the change. I have uninstalled and > > reinstalled it twice. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Joab Ben Stieglitz > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ---------------------------------------------- > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > > in the body of the message > > ---------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address > in the body of the message
