Sends log messages over the network.

Supported in .NET, Silverlight, Compact Framework and Mono. ##Configuration Syntax

<targets>
  <target xsi:type="Network"
          name="String"
          onOverflow="Enum"
          newLine="Boolean"
          layout="Layout"
          maxMessageSize="Integer"
          encoding="Encoding"
          connectionCacheSize="Integer"
          keepConnection="Boolean"
          address="Layout" />
</targets>

Read more about using the Configuration File. ##Parameters ###General Options name - Name of the target. ###Layout Options onOverflow - Action that should be taken if the message is larger than maxMessageSize.
Possible values:

• Discard - Discard the entire message.
• Error - Report an error.
• Split - Split the message into smaller pieces.

newLine - Indicates whether to append newline at the end of log message. Boolean Default: False

layout - Layout used to format log messages. Layout Required. Default: ${longdate}|${level:uppercase=true}|${logger}|${message}

maxMessageSize - Maximum message size in bytes. Integer Default: 65000

encoding - Encoding to be used. Encoding Default: utf-8 ###Connection Options connectionCacheSize - Size of the connection cache (number of connections which are kept alive). Integer Default: 5

This parameter is not supported in:

• NLog v1.0 for .NET Compact Framework 1.0
• NLog v1.0 for .NET Compact Framework 2.0
• NLog v1.0 for .NET Framework 1.0
• NLog v1.0 for .NET Framework 1.1
• NLog v1.0 for .NET Framework 2.0

keepConnection - Indicates whether to keep connection open whenever possible. Boolean Default: True

address - Network address. Layout
The network address can be:

• tcp://host:port - TCP (auto select IPv4/IPv6) (not supported on Windows Phone 7.0)
• tcp4://host:port - force TCP/IPv4 (not supported on Windows Phone 7.0)
• tcp6://host:port - force TCP/IPv6 (not supported on Windows Phone 7.0)
• udp://host:port - UDP (auto select IPv4/IPv6, not supported on Silverlight and on Windows Phone 7.0)
• udp4://host:port - force UDP/IPv4 (not supported on Silverlight and on Windows Phone 7.0)
• udp6://host:port - force UDP/IPv6 (not supported on Silverlight and on Windows Phone 7.0)
• http://host:port/pageName - HTTP using POST verb
• https://host:port/pageName - HTTPS using POST verb

For SOAP-based webservice support over HTTP use WebService target.