DSL-G804V Wireless ADSL Router User’s Guide
System Date & Time
The router does not have a real time clock on board. You may either select
Enable NTP
or
Set Device Date
and Time
manually.
Enable NTP
uses the Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) to get the current time from
an SNTP server outside your network. Also, You can choose
Time Zone List by City
or
By Time Difference.
After a successful connection to the Internet, the router will retrieve the correct local time from the SNTP server
you have specified.
Figure 5-2. Date & Time
Resync Period
(in minutes) is the periodic interval the router will wait before it re-synchronizes the router’s
time with that of the specified SNTP server. In order to avoid unnecessarily increasing the load on your specified
SNTP server you should keep the poll interval as high as possible – at the absolute minimum every few hours or
even days.
Daylight Saving
is also known as
Summer Time Period.
Many places in the world
adapt it during summer time
to move one hour of daylight from morning to the evening in local standard time. Check
Automatic Daylight
Saving
box to auto set your local time.
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