LANs to WANs: The Complete Management Guide

The bridge produces logs that record the occurrence of significant events occurring within the unit and on the infrastructure. The types of logs that are available include the following:

• Information logs: This type of log records status changes that occur in the normal operation of the system, such as when an end node associates to a bridge.

• Error logs: This type of log records errors that occur occasionally, but which the unit can easily recover from, such as errors that occur during the reception and transmission of packets to and from the unit.

• Severe error logs: This type of log records errors that drastically affect the operation of the system. Although the system will continue to run, action is required by the network administrator to return the unit to normal operation.

All logs are stored within the bridge’s memory. Log entries are displayed in least recent to most recent order. If the memory buffer becomes full, the oldest log in the buffer will be replaced by the most recent. Only logs that have occurred since the unit was last powered up or since the memory buffer was cleared will be saved.