Specifications

System Log
4-48 Advanced Configuration
Using Web Management to Configure SNTP
SimpleNetworkTimeProtocol(SNTP)allowstheRBT‐41 02tosetitsinternalclockbasedon
periodicupdatesfromatimeserver.Maintaininganaccuratetimeontheaccesspointenablesthe
systemlogtorecordmeaningfuldatesandtimesforevententries.
TheRBT‐4102actsasanSNTPclient,
periodicallysendingtimesynchronizationrequeststo
specifictimeservers.YoucanconfigureuptotwotimeserverIPaddresses.Theaccesspointwill
attempttopolleachserverintheconfiguredsequence.
ToconfigureSNTP,selectSystemLogfromthemenu,andscrolldowntoSNTPServer.
• SNTPServerconfiguresthe
accesspointtooperateasanSNTPclient.Whenenabled,atleast
onetimeserverIPaddressmustbespecified.Whendisabled,youmanuallysetthedateand
timeofthesystemclock.
– PrimaryServeristheIPaddressofanSNTPtimeserverthattheaccesspointattemptsto
poll
foratimeupdate.Default:137.92.140.80
– SecondaryServeristheIPaddressofasecondarySNTPtimeserver.Theaccesspointfirst
attemptstoupdatethetimefromtheprimaryserver;ifthisfailsitattemptsanupdate
fromthesecondaryserver.Default:192.43.244.18
– SetTime(SNTPServerdisabled)allows
youtomanuallysetthecurrentdateandtimefor
thelocationofthisaccesspoint.
• SetTimeZone.SNTPusesCoordinatedUniversalTime(orUTC,formerlyGreenwichMean
Time,orGMT)basedonthetimeattheEarth’sprimem eridian,zerodegreeslongitude.
– EnterTimeZonesetsatime
correspondingtoyourlocaltime.Youmustindicatethe
numberofhoursyourtime zoneislocatedbefore(East)orafter(West)UTC.
– EnableDaylightSavingprovidesawaytoautomaticallyadjustthesystemclockfor
DaylightSavingsTimechanges.Tousethisfeatureyoumustdefinethemonthanddate
to
beginandtoendthechangefromstandardtime.Duringthisperiod thesys temclockisset
backbyonehour.
Note: If SNTP is disabled, you can manually set the date and time of the system clock.