Configuring a LinkSys firewall

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Linksys routers send messages via SNMP so you will need to enable Kiwi Syslog Daemon to listen for SNMP traps on port 162.

·	From the main Kiwi Syslog Daemon window, select the File | Setup menu option

·	Locate the Inputs | SNMP option on the Kiwi Syslog Daemon Setup window.

·	Check the option "Listen for SNMP traps". (The port will be set to 162 by default).

You may also want to check the "Use Linksys Display Filter...". This will remove all the PPP and PPPoe messages from the display but not from the log files. This can be quite useful as Linksys firewalls tend to send a lot of these messages.

Please restart the system after making these changes to ensure that Kiwi Syslog Daemon has been updated correctly.

The LinkSys messages are just text strings encoded into SNMP traps. Although MIB lookups can be done on the OID values, most of the useful information is already included in the text strings.