MobiLink IP
Status indicators
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The
Simple N
etwork
T
ime
P
rotocol is used to update the real-time clock in a computer, over
Internet.
It uses one or several remote dedicated Time servers on the Internet that accurately
synchronizes the system date and time.
Status
of NTP Service: Enabled or Disabled; by default it is disabled
Server
: enter the full name of the NTP server in need to use, such as “utcnist.colorado.edu”
or “ro.pool.ntp.org”.
The “Current time” indicator shows the current UTC time (Universal Coordinated Time) of the
system, with millisecond precision.
Notice there are two fields, for Time Server 1 and 2. You may use severs from different
classes, for instance one in the local network, such as 192.168.168.168 in the examples
below, and the other on the public Internet, like utcnist.colorado.edu .
If
the
NTP
feature
of
MobiLink IP is
not active
(it
is disabled, the selected
server is not online, or there
is no connection to the
Internet) it will display the
default UTC date/time, which
is begins at date Jan 1, 2000
and time 0:00:00.
