Possible to save router logs?

[Peter Hansen]

Paul wrote:
> 
> I have a D-Link 704 cable/DSL router. Unfortunately, it has very
> limited logging capabilities(in that it doesn't save logs, it just
> rights over them when the space fills.) What I would like to do is
> right a program to save the logs to my hard drive every 12 hours or
> so. I normally have to access the web page with the url being the
> local IP of the router, then type in a password to get access to the
> logs. Has anyone attempted something like this? I know this is kinda
> general, but any feedback would be appreciated. It might give me an
> idea of where to begin. Thank you.

Use urllib?  

Where do you enter the password?  In a pop-up dialog box, or
in a form on-screen?