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DWS-1008 User’s Manual
D-Link Systems, Inc.
Configuring and Managing IP Interfaces and Services
Clearing the Summertime Period
To clear the summertime period, use the following command:
clear summertime
Statically Configuring the System Time and Date
To statically configure the system time and date, use the following command:
set timedate
{
date
mmm
dd
yyyy
[
time
hh:mm:ss
]}
The day of week is automatically calculated from the day you set.
To set the date to February 29, 2004 and time to 23:58:
DWS-1008#
set timedate date feb 29 2004 time 23:58:00
Time now is: Sun Feb 29 2004, 23:58:02 PST
The CLI makes the time change, then displays the current system time based on the change.
(The time displayed might be slightly later than the time you enter due to the interval between
when you press Enter and when the CLI reads and displays the new time and date.)
Displaying the Time and Date
To display the time and date, use the following command:
show timedate
DWS-1008#
show timedate
Sun Feb 29 2004, 23:58:02 PST
Configuring and Managing NTP
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) allows a networking device to synchronize its system time
and date with the time and date on an NTP server. When used on multiple devices, NTP
ensures that the time and date are consistent among those devices.
The NTP implementation in MSS is based on RFC 1305,
Network Time Protocol (Version 3)
Specification, Implementation and Analysis
.
You can configure a switch to consult up to three NTP servers. The switch compares the
results from the servers and selects the best response. (For information, see RFC 1305.)
After you enable the NTP client and configure NTP servers, MSS queries the NTP servers for
an update every 64 seconds and waits 15 seconds for a reply. If the switch does not receive
a reply to an NTP query within 15 seconds, the switch tries again up to 16 times. You can
change the update interval but not the timeout or number of retries.
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