# Send router logs to Logstash

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-router-logs-to-logstash/34974>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [November 18, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-router-logs-to-logstash/34974 "2015-11-18T17:00:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Kaufusihm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Kaufusihm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kaufusihm)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 5:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-router-logs-to-logstash/34974/1 "2015-11-18T17:00:23Z")

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I'm trying to get logs from a switch (router) to Logstash, but I am having trouble figuring out how to do so.

!) Do I need to use the UDP input?

I am not sure...

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2015, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-router-logs-to-logstash/34974/2 "2015-11-18T22:56:31Z")

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Depends on how your router ships logs.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-router-logs-to-logstash/34974/3 "2017-07-06T05:22:18Z")

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