Technical Reference
OPEN824RL / RLW ADSL / VoIP Routers
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System
The
System
menu item consists of the following subsections:
Time Zone
Remote Access
Firmware Upgrade
Backup/Restore
Restart
User Management
Time Zone
The
Time Zone
subsection allows you to set up SNTP to retrieve the correct time over the Internet.
To Access The Time Zone Screen:
From the
Configuration
menu list,
Click
System,
then
Time Zone
.
The following appears:
The router does not have a real time clock on board; instead, it uses the Simple Network Time Protocol
(SNTP) to get the current time from an SNTP server outside your network. Choose your local time zone, click
Enable
and click the
Apply
button. After a successful connection to the Internet, the router will retrieve the
correct local time from the SNTP server you have specified. If you prefer to specify an SNTP server other than
those in the list, simply enter its IP address as shown above. Your ISP may provide an SNTP server for you to
use.
Daylight Saving
is also known as
Summer Time Period.
Many places in the world
adopt it during summer
time to move one hour of daylight from morning to the evening in local standard time. Check
Automatic
box
to auto set your local time.
Resync Period
(in minutes) is the periodic interval the router will wait before it re-synchronizes the router’s
time with that of the specified SNTP server. In order to avoid unnecessarily increasing the load on your
