https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71532#M180855 <P>i'd start with asking whether the router can emit syslog at all... you might need an alternate OS such as dd-wrt or openwrt.</P> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:19:02 GMT jcoates_splunk 2012-12-21T23:19:02Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71529#M180852 <P>Team,</P> <P>Please guide me to configure my wireless router to send the data over to Splunk ( My laptop)</P> <OL> <LI>How to validate whether Router sends syslog data to my Splunk installed in Laptop ?</LI> <LI>How do I configure my Laptop to receive / monitor syslog from wirlress router ?</LI> </OL> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:10:02 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71529#M180852 thiliphk 2012-12-21T21:10:02Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71530#M180853 <P>How to configure a router to send syslog varies wildly from router to router (if the option to syslog exists at all - it often doesn't on cheaper models).</P> <P>You can check that you're getting syslog by running some kind of network sniffer like tcpdump or Wireshark on your laptop.</P> <P>As for the last question, this is a good point to start: <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/WhatSplunkcanmonitor">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/WhatSplunkcanmonitor</A></P> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 22:59:06 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71530#M180853 Ayn 2012-12-21T22:59:06Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71531#M180854 <P>here are the instructions for adding a network input to Splunk:<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Monitornetworkports">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Monitornetworkports</A><BR /> you will need to ensure that your wireless access point actually does write syslog. </P> <P>once you have confirmed this, and added the network input, you will be able to search for data from the device in your Splunk instance. </P> <P>you might want to check out the <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Tutorial/WelcometotheSplunkTutorial">Splunk tutorial</A> if you are new to Splunk.</P> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:11:34 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71531#M180854 piebob 2012-12-21T23:11:34Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71532#M180855 <P>i'd start with asking whether the router can emit syslog at all... you might need an alternate OS such as dd-wrt or openwrt.</P> Fri, 21 Dec 2012 23:19:02 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71532#M180855 jcoates_splunk 2012-12-21T23:19:02Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71533#M180856 <P>how to read to log from dd-wrt to splunk?</P> Thu, 14 Nov 2013 06:07:47 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-configure-Syslog-on-Wireless-Router/m-p/71533#M180856 jianwei 2013-11-14T06:07:47Z