Section 2: Email Alert
The email alert feature will send a warning email to the system administrator and inform that one of the WAN ports was disconnected.
Figure 24. Email Alert Console |
Email Alert - Settings
Enable -
This will enable email alert to send an warning email when WAN port was disconnected.
Disable -
This will disable email alert not to send an warning email when WAN port was disconnected.
Email Sender Address -
Input an email address that sends a warning email to a recipient. The warning email will inform the recipient if there is any problem on either or both WAN ports.
Email (SMTP) Server Address -
This sets the email server to where the warning email will be sent to.
For example: mail.domain.com
Email (SMTP) Server User Name -
This authenticates the user name of email sender (optional).
Email (SMTP) Server Password -
Input the user password
Email Recipient Address -
This field sets the email address for the warning email will be sent to. This is usually the system administrator email address. For example: admin@mail.domain.com
This feature is useful to prevent ICMP attacks from WAN or LAN. It will drop the packets if the ping times are exceeding the threshold value. A notification email will be sent to the administrator.
