Accton Technology RG211-2.3G, User Manual

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SNTP
Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) allows the CPE to set its internal
clock based on periodic updates from a time server (SNTP or NTP).
Maintaining an accurate time on the CPE enables the system log to record
meaningful dates and times for event entries. If the clock is not set, the
CPE will only record the time from the factory default set at the last
bootup.
The CPE acts as an SNTP client, periodically sending time synchronization
requests to specific time servers. You can configure up to two time server
IP addresses. The CPE will attempt to poll each server in the configured
sequence.
Figure 13: SNTP Settings
The following items are displayed on this page:
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NTP — Configures the CPE to operate as an SNTP client.
(Default: Enabled)
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NTP Server IP Address — The IP address of an SNTP or NTP time
server that the CPE attempts to poll for a time update.
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Update Period — The interval at which the client sends a time update
request to the SNTP or NTP server.
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Time Zone — SNTP uses Greenwich Mean Time, or GMT (sometimes
referred to as Coordinated Universal Time, or UTC) based on the time
at the Earth’s prime meridian, zero degrees longitude. To display a time
corresponding to your local time, you must indicate the number of
hours your time zone is located before (east) or after (west) GMT.
Select from the scroll down list the locale you are situated most close
to, for example for New York, select ‘(GMT-05) Eastern Time (US &
Canada)’.