System config

Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes

Set Time

Synchronize with NTP Server

Server

Syn Interval

Select the Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes check box if you want the FortiGate system clock to be adjusted automatically when your time zone changes to daylight saving time and back to standard time.

Select Set Time to set the FortiGate system date and time to the correct date and time.

Select Synchronize with NTP Server to configure the FortiGate unit to use NTP to automatically set the system date and time. For more information about NTP and to find the IP address of an NTP server that you can use, see http://www.ntp.org.

Enter the IP address or domain name of the NTP server that the FortiGate unit can use to set its time and date.

Specify how often the FortiGate unit should synchronize its time with the NTP server. A typical Syn Interval would be 1440 minutes for the FortiGate unit to synchronize its time once a day.

To manually set the FortiGate date and time

1Go to System > Config > Time.

2Select Refresh to display the current FortiGate system date and time.

3Select your Time Zone from the list.

4Optionally, select Automatically adjust clock for daylight saving changes check box.

5Select Set Time and set the FortiGate system date and time.

6Set the hour, minute, second, month, day, and year as required.

7Select Apply.

To use NTP to set the FortiGate date and time

1Go to System > Config > Time.

2Select Synchronize with NTP Server to configure the FortiGate unit to use NTP to automatically set the system time and date.

3Enter the IP address or domain name of the NTP server that the FortiGate unit can use to set its time and date.

4Specify how often the FortiGate unit should synchronize its time with the NTP server.

5Select Apply.

Options

Go to System > Config > Options to set the following options:

Timeout settings including the idle timeout and authentication timeout

The language displayed by the web-based manager

Dead gateway detection interval and failover detection

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