General and Network Settings Page 21
Setting the Time and Date
The SonicWALL uses the time and date settings to time stamp log events, to automatically
update the
Content Filter List
, and for other internal purposes.
1. Click the
Time
tab.
2. Select your time zone from the
Time
Zone
menu.
3. Click
Update
to add the information to the SonicWALL.
You can also enable automatic adjustments for
daylight savings time
,
use universal time
(UTC) rather than local time
, and
display the date in International format, with the
day preceding the month
.
To set the time and date manually, clear the check boxes and enter the time (in 24-hour
format) and the date.
NTP Settings
Network Time Protocol
(
NTP
) is a protocol used to synchronize computer clock times in a
network of computers. NTP uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) to synchronize computer
clock times to a millisecond, and sometimes to a fraction of a millisecond. Select
Use NTP
to
set time automatically
if you want to use your local server to set the SonicWALL clock. You
can also set the
Update Interval
for the NTP server to synchronize the time in the SonicWALL.
The default value is 60 minutes. You can add NTP servers to the SonicWALL for time
synchronization by entering in the IP address of an NTP server in the
Add NTP Server
field.
If there are no NTP Servers in the list, the internal NTP list is used by default. To remove an
NTP server, highlight the IP address and click
Delete NTP Server
.When you have configured
