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[Linksys BEFSX41} "WallWatcher" message inspires newbie confusion! Melissa 03-25-2005
Posted by Melissa on March 25, 2005, 6:54 pm
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Hi,

Someone here mentioned WallWatcher (WW), so I installed it to keep an
eye on the traffic passing through and/or being blocked by my Linksys
BEFSX41 router.

In reading the help file, WW says this about a yellow "M" marker:

"M (Exception message from router, in yellow)"

So then, everything in WW seems to look just fine, until it gets to
the automatic time synch program. Along with a yellow "M", WW says
this (no ports or IP addresses in the entire line; just this):

"Get current time from NTP server : Mar. 25 2005 Fri. 18:06:43"

Does this mean that the time synch program is causing the router some
displeasure? And therefore the router simply complains and does
nothing further? There's no explanation for an "exception error",
just what I've quoted above.

I was wondering if this "error" could have anything to do with just
not being able to connect to a particular time server? Or is there
something different going on here? In any event, I suppose it might
be nice if I could get the time synch checking to work, so any ideas
you could offer here would be appreciated. Thanks!

- --
Melissa

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Posted by on March 25, 2005, 9:01 pm
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The Time Server message is just a routine Status report from the
router, not an error. The BEFSX41 re-synchronizes its internal clock
with a web Time Server every 60 minutes.

The actual wording in WallWatcher's documentation is "Exception
message", not "error", but it's an obsolete choice of words and I will
change it.

"Messages" are everything that WW didn't recognize as "Traffic" events.
Some are "exception" conditions, some are just status messages from the
router (like the Time Server message you referenced), and some may be
"Traffic" events that WW did not recognize.

WW originally was written for a Linksys BEFSR41, and other than the
bootup messages, all non-traffic log records from that router really
were exception conditions (router overload, usually). As WW has
supported more and more routers (over 40 at the moment), it's turned
out that some non-traffic records are routine "status", while others
are various degrees of "exception" or "trouble" reports.

You can tell WW to hide or not log those Time Server messages:
right-click on one of them and select "hide" or "don't log", then
follow the on-screen instructions.

>From time to time, you may see other "Messages". Some will also be
"status", but some will be things you may want to investigate.

Thank you for calling my attention to the obsolete phrasing in the
documentation.



Posted by DissyDreams The People's Cunt on March 26, 2005, 6:10 am
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You don't have anything that's generic that will work on a WatchGuard SOHO 6
do you?

Duane :)




Posted by on March 25, 2005, 10:43 pm
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If the router can send log records to a computer port (usually SysLog
port 514, but others are acceptable), you can collect data samples and
send them to me so that I can add support for your router.

There's a program at the WallWatcher website that you can download to
do the data collection: www.wallwatcher.com/LogCapture.zip

It's a very simple utility: just unzip and run it on the computer to
which you've told your router to send the log records.

When it's done, it'll show you the address to which you can email what
you've collected. Please "zip" the sample if possible, and mention the
name of the router. If it's feasible to add support, I'll do so and
send you the result for testing.

-Dan Tseng (WallWatcher author)



Posted by Duane Arnold on March 26, 2005, 6:53 am
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newsgroups@wallwatcher.com wrote in news:1111819413.059190.265930
@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> If the router can send log records to a computer port (usually SysLog
> port 514, but others are acceptable), you can collect data samples and
> send them to me so that I can add support for your router.
>
> There's a program at the WallWatcher website that you can download to
> do the data collection: www.wallwatcher.com/LogCapture.zip
>
> It's a very simple utility: just unzip and run it on the computer to
> which you've told your router to send the log records.
>
> When it's done, it'll show you the address to which you can email what
> you've collected. Please "zip" the sample if possible, and mention the
> name of the router. If it's feasible to add support, I'll do so and
> send you the result for testing.
>
> -Dan Tseng (WallWatcher author)
>
>

Hey, sorry about the email name I forgot I was using OE -- another battle
front. ;-)

Thanks I'll try to capture some log data.

Duane :)


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