[nsp] Default syslog source-interface

Peter Gutierrez peterg at nic.umass.edu
Thu Jan 22 13:35:20 EST 2004


jtk at northwestern.edu wrote:
> Does anyone happen to know how IOS chooses its source-interface in
> sending remote log (syslog) messages if a 'logging source-interface'
> is not set? I'm particularly interested in how it is chosen for the
> 6509 MSFC-x boxes running relatively recent versions of 12.x code if
> it differs across platforms.  Does it use the lowest numbered IP or
> highest numbered interface configured for example? 

I can't verify since we always use `logging source-interface Loopback0` 
in the config, but I think the egress interface for the packets going 
to the syslog host is used.

PeterG



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