What is Logging

Logging is the process of storing the critical information about the network events.  Logging is very useful for analyzing the data for the critical issues, application failures, hardware issues and finding other important information about the computer network.  The logged information is used for the diagnostic purposes. Network logging provides the information like line, count, date, error message, application, protocol and actions. 

In the Windows based computers, there is a utility known as Event View that is used to log the System, Applications, Security, internet explorer and other things.

The logging provides improved security and ease of administration.  In the computer network, the routers, servers, client computers, wireless access points and other network devices should be logged to get the detailed report about your network.  With the log files, it is very easy to diagnose and troubleshoot the errors that are generated due to the software, hardware, securities and network applications. There are different tools that are used to log the information on the networks.

GFI EventsManager
It is a network alerting and logging utility that is used to collect the network-wide data.  It provides the real time alerting and logging when the critical events are occurred.

Elite Keylogger Pro 4.1
It provides the logging of the home and office network resources.

Trivial Proxy 1.7.0.0
It is a small utility that log the network activities of the applications.