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Orbi not logging activity as specified
Since the firmware update to 2.2.1.210, my Orbi seems to log ONLY DHCP assignments, admin logins, when it sends a log file, and time synchronization. It NO LONGER logs known DOS attacks and port sca...
JoeM845 wrote:
1) Thanks for the link. It says to install 2.2.1.212 first. Where is that?
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In the Netgear Support/Download page for the respective products:
JoeM845 wrote:
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2) Is there a discussion of 2.3.0.32 successes and problems somewhere?
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The Orbi community is full of feedback on this and other formware versions --> https://community.netgear.com/t5/Orbi/bd-p/Orbi
JoeM845 wrote:
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3) I just reread the subject of this thread. Has there ever been specification of what activites can be logged?
The following are the activities that currently can be logged in Orbi:
Thanks, ekhalil.
1) The RBK50 support download page has been updated to show fw 2.3.0.32 very recently and now shows the needed links. The page previously suggested in this forum for 2.3.0.32 did not.
3) I have had the Wireless access option checked for months. I thought this might give me device connects and disconnects. There have been no entries logged. Do you know if this is something that was fixed in 2.3.0.32? Could Netgear have thought that APs would not involve wireless access?
JoeM845 wrote:
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3) I have had the Wireless access option checked for months. I thought this might give me device connects and disconnects. There have been no entries logged. Do you know if this is something that was fixed in 2.3.0.32? Could Netgear have thought that APs would not involve wireless access?
Yes, I noticed much improvement in the Logs after upgrading to 2.3.0.32. So far so good.
I can see the DHCP assignemnts (device attaches). If you are in AP mode you will not see the DHCP assignements as it's not Orbi who does the DHCP functionality but the ISP router.
JoeM845 wrote:
3) I have had the Wireless access option checked for months. I thought this might give me device connects and disconnects. There have been no entries logged. Do you know if this is something that was fixed in 2.3.0.32? Could Netgear have thought that APs would not involve wireless access?
I have Wireless Access checked and also see nothing obvious in the log. There is not a check box for DHCP assignments, but they appear in the log. At first, I thought "Wireless Access" referred to DHCP., but the DHCP for wired devices appear in the log, too. My conclusion is that I have no idea what Netgear means by the term "Wireless Access".
CrimpOn wrote............
I have Wireless Access checked and also see nothing obvious in the log. There is not a check box for DHCP assignments, but they appear in the log. At first, I thought "Wireless Access" referred to DHCP., but the DHCP for wired devices appear in the log, too. My conclusion is that I have no idea what Netgear means by the term "Wireless Access".
I think that Wireless Access is just about the DHCP assignements for all devices. I think it's just called the wrong thing :)
Strange thing is that enabling and disabling "Wireless Access" changes a parameter called log_wire_access to 1 or 0. :D yes wired not wireless!
ekhalil wrote:
CrimpOn wrote............. My conclusion is that I have no idea what Netgear means by the term "Wireless Access".
I think that Wireless Access is just about the DHCP assignements for all devices. I think it's just called the wrong thing :)
Strange thing is that enabling and disabling "Wireless Access" changes a parameter called log_wire_access to 1 or 0. :D yes wired not wireless!
Has anyone had any success getting Netgear to state what these options mean with a usable level of specitivity?
