Gateway 7001 Series User Manual
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Enabling a network time protocol server
The Network Time Protocol (
NTP
) is an Internet standard protocol that synchronizes
computer clock times on your network. NTP servers transmit Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC, also known as Greenwich Mean Time) to their client systems. NTP sends periodic time
requests to servers, using the returned time stamp to adjust its clock.
(UTC, also known as Greenwich Mean Time) to their client systems. NTP sends periodic time
requests to servers, using the returned time stamp to adjust its clock.
The timestamp will be used to indicate the date and time of each event in log messages.
See
http://www.ntp.org
for more general information on NTP.
Navigating to time protocol settings
To enable an NTP server, click
Advanced > Time Protocol
on the Administration Web page.
The Modify how the access point discovers the time screen opens. Update the boxes as described
in the following section.
in the following section.