User's Manual

C HAPTER 4 | System Settings
System Time
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Figure 19: Restore Configuration Settings
SYSTEM TIME
The RG300 uses the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) to set its
internal clock based on periodic updates from a time server. Maintaining an
accurate time on the device enables the system log to record meaningful
dates and times for event entries.
SNTP uses Coordinated Universal Time (or UTC, formerly Greenwich Mean
Time, or GMT) based on the time at the Earth’s prime meridian, zero
degrees longitude. To display a time corresponding to your local time, you
must select your time zone.
Figure 20: System Time
The following parameters are displayed on this page:
◆ Enable – Enables the unit to set its internal clock based on periodic
updates from a time server. The unit acts as an SNTP client, periodically
sending time synchronization requests to a specified time server.
Alternatively, you can select “None” and set the time and date
manually.
◆ Time Server Address – The IP address of a time server that the unit
attempts to poll for a time update.
◆ Current Time (hh:mm:ss) – The current time of the system clock.
◆ New Time (hh:mm:ss) – Sets the system clock to the time specified.