Chapter 5

Advanced Configuration

Click Save Settings to save your changes. Click Cancel Changes to cancel your changes.

Setup > Time

The Time screen allows you to configure the time settings for the Switch.

Setup > Time

Set Time

Use System Time  Select this option to use the local hardware clock.

Use SNTP Time  Select this option to synchronize the time to an SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) server.

Local Time

Hours  Enter the two-digit hour here. Minutes  Enter the two-digit minutes here. Seconds  Enter the two-digit seconds here. Month  Enter the two-digit month here. Day  Enter the two-digit day here.

Year  Enter the last two digits of the year here (for example, 08 instead of 2008).

Time Zone  Select your time zone from the drop-down menu. Time zones are identified by the difference between Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and local time.

Daylight Saving

Daylight Saving  Select Daylight Saving to enable it on the Switch. If the Switch should use US daylight savings, then select USA. If the Switch should use EU daylight savings, then select European. If it should use another kind of daylight savings, then select Custom and complete the From and To fields.

Time Set Offset  For non-US and European countries, specify the amount of time for daylight savings. The default is 60 minutes. The range is (1–1440).

From  If you selected Other for the Daylight Saving setting, enter the date and time when daylight savings begins.

To  If you selected Other for the Daylight Saving setting, enter the date and time when daylight savings ends.

Recurring  If you selected Other for the Daylight Saving setting and daylight savings has the same start and end dates and times every year, select Recurring.

From  If you selected Recurring, enter the date and time when daylight savings begins.

To  If you selected Recurring, enter the date and time when daylight savings ends.

SNTP Servers

Server1  Enter the primary SNTP server here. Server2  Enter a secondary SNTP server here.

SNTP Polling Interval (60–86400 sec)  Specify the amount of time (in seconds) before the Switch polls the SNTP server. The default value is every 1024 seconds (approx. 17 minutes).

Click the Save Settings button to save your changes or click Cancel Changes to discard the information.

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Linksys SRW2016, SRW248G4, SRW2048, SRW2024, SRW224G4 manual Setup Time, Set Time, Local Time, Daylight Saving, Sntp Servers

SRW2016, SRW224G4, SRW2024, SRW2048, SRW248G4 specifications

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