ZyXEL Communications Prestige 791R, User Manual

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Prestige 791R G.SHDSL Router
System Maintenance and Information 16-5
Table 16-2 Time and Date Setting Fields
FIELD DESCRIPTION
Enter the time service protocol that your time server sends when you turn on the
Prestige. Not all time servers support all protocols, so you may have to check with
your ISP/network administrator or use trial and error to find a protocol that works.
The main differences between them are the format.
Daytime (RFC 867) format is day/month/year/time zone of the server.
Time (RFC-868) format displays a 4-byte integer giving the total number of
seconds since 1970/1/1 at 0:0:0.
NTP (RFC-1305) is similar to Time (RFC-868) .
Use Time Server
when Bootup
None . The default, enter the time manually.
Time Server
Address Enter the IP address or domain name of your time server. Check with your
ISP/network administrator if you are unsure of this information.
Current Time This field displays an updated time only when you reenter this menu.
New Time Enter the new time in hour, minute and second format.
Current Date This field displays an updated date only when you re-enter this menu.
New Date Enter the new date in year, month and day format.
Time Zone
Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to set the time difference between your
time zone and Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Daylight Saving If you use daylight savings time, then choose Yes .
Start Date If using daylight savings time, enter the month and day that it starts on.
End Date If using daylight savings time, enter the month and day that it ends on
Once you have filled in this menu, press [ENTER] at the message “Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to
Cancel“ to save your configuration, or press [ESC] to cancel.
16.3.1 Resetting the Time
The Prestige resets the time in three instances:
i. On leaving menu 24.10 after making changes.
ii. When the Prestige starts up, if there is a time server configured in menu 24.10.
iii. 24-hour intervals after starting.