TEST TCP CONNECTION SUCH AS SYSLOG

CLIENT # apt-get install tcputils
CLIENT # tcpconnect www.SYSLOGSERVER.com 55114

type stuff, hit enter, will appear on remote rsyslog server

this is a message123
this is another message321

SYSLOG SERVER # cat syslog.log
2014-07-24T12:21:14.448664-07:00 this is a message123
2014-07-24T12:21:21.193556-07:00 this is another message321