Edge-Core ECW5212, Management Manual

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Chapter 5
| System Settings
NTP
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NTP
Network Time Protocol (NTP) allows the access point to set its internal clock based
on periodic updates from a time server (SNTP or NTP). Maintaining an accurate time
on the access point enables the system log to record meaningful dates and times
for event entries. If the clock is not set, the access point will only record the time
from the factory default set at the last bootup.
The access point acts as an NTP client, periodically sending time synchronization
requests to specified time servers. The access point will attempt to poll each server
in the configured sequence to receive a time update.
Figure 16: NTP
The following items are displayed on this page:
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Enable NTP Client — Enables or disables sending of requests for time updates.
(Default: Enabled)
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Local Time — Displays the local time as day of week, month,
hour:minute:second, year, based on Universal Time Coordinates.
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Sync with browser — Click to update the system time based on the
management computer hosting the browser session.
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Time Zone — To display a time corresponding to your local time, choose one
of the predefined time zones from the scroll-down list.
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NTP Server Candidates — Sets the host names for time servers. The switch
attempts to update the time from the first server, if this fails it attempts an
update from the next server in the sequence.