multiple obi's - same syslog server

[rsriram22]

how do i differentiate between different obi's (across geographies) logging into same syslog server?

the log format seems to be the same - i do not see any obi name or mac id that differentiates one from another, unless none of the remote obi's are reporting at all..

[QBZappy]

rsriram22,

Call one of them. Your call should be logged.

[JohnBowler]

Your syslogd knows the IP of the machine sending the syslog; since your Obis are in multiple geographical locations I assume they are not all behind the same firewall so the IP should identify the Obi.

John Bowler jbowler 2 acm.org

[rsriram22]

i still do not see the entries from different IPs.. i am using tftpd64 program. all i can see is the entries from obi on my local network. following is the message format:

Thu Nov 01 07:44:48 2012: <7> TCP:Connect OK(DNSQ)59
Thu Nov 01 08:34:38 2012: <7> TCP:Broken Connection(HTTPD) 22 -257
Thu Nov 01 08:34:39 2012: <7> TCP:Broken Connection(HTTPD) 23 -257

Nowhere do  i see any ip address or an identifier for each obi.. do i need to use a different syslog server program (my undertanding is that the syslog server logs messages "as-is" - no?)

[QBZappy]

rsriram22,

It not clear how you setup the syslog client in the far away OBi. Since it it physically located elsewhere you will need to setup the syslog server address with the permanent IP of you computer or setup a DDNS name pointing to your computer. Then in your local router, you will need to port forward the syslog port to your computer where you are running the syslog server. This is one way of getting the syslog info onto your computer.

System Management->Device Admin->
Syslog
Server =    noip.com (whatever)
Port = 514 (default)
Level = 7 (most verbose/max info)

[rsriram22]

yep - that is how i have configured my remote obi (using ddns) and i have forwarded port(514) on my localrouter to the PC running syslog server.