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  • MikroTik Send Browsing Log to Remote Syslog Server

    MikroTik RouterOS is capable of logging various system events as well as user browsing information. Logs can be saved in router’s memory (RAM), disk, file, sent by email or even sent to remote syslog server. Sometimes it may require saving user browsing log by the law. So, a syslog server is an essential part to any network. In this article, I will discuss how to configure MikroTik Router to keep user browsing log and send that log to remote syslog server. I will also discuss how to install and configure MikroTik Syslog Daemon to view and save browsing log sent from MikroTik Router. MikroTik Syslog Server Configuration with MT Syslog Daemon MikroTik RouterOS is capable of catching user browsing log and sending that log to remote syslog server. MikroTik Syslog Daemon provides an easy way to view and save browsing log sent from MikroTik Router. So, configuring MikroTik RouterOS and MT Syslog Server we can easily save and analyse user browsing history if require. Complete MikroTik syslog server configuration with MT Syslog Daemon can be done with the following steps. Creating MikroTik Firewall rule to keep browsing log MikroTik logging setup to send firewall log to remote syslog server MT [...]

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