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Syslog Server Version 15.3.18.3616

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The syslog server only The IP address is displayed. The Host Name field will be empty! What should I set so that it will display the hostname? I don`t want to manually enter the hostname in 500 devices!!

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Created on Sep 2, 2015 5:04:46 AM



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Hello,

I'm afraid in the moment this is not possible. We plan an improvement on the Syslog-Sensor though, where it will show the sender hostname, if that is part of the message. A reverse DNS-Lookup only with the sending IP won't be done though.

Created on Sep 3, 2015 11:38:48 AM by [email protected]




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