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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
The bottom of the screen display the current weekday, date, time, time zone, and year (in
the example in the previous figure: Current Time: Tue Mar 6 22:48:17 GMT-0800 2012).
2. Enter the settings as explained in the following table:
3. Click Apply to save your settings.
Note: If you select the default NTP servers or if you enter a custom server
FQDN, the wireless VPN firewall determines the IP address of the
NTP server by performing a DNS lookup. Before the wireless VPN
firewall can perform this lookup, you need to configure a DNS server
address on the Broadband ISP Settings screen (see Manually
Configure an IPv4 Internet Connection on page 31.)
Table 81. Time Zone screen settings
Setting Description
Date/Time From the drop-down list, select the local time zone in which the wireless VPN
firewall operates. The correct time zone is required in order for scheduling to
work correctly.
Automatically Adjust for
Daylight Savings Time If daylight saving time is supported in your region, select the Automatically
Adjust for Daylight Savings Time check box. By default, the check box is
disabled.
Force IPv6 address
resolution for servers Select this check box to force the use of IPv6 addresses and FQDN (domain
name) resolution in the Server 1 Name / IP Address and Server 2 Name / IP
Address fields when you have selected the Use Custom NTP Servers radio
button.
NTP Server (default or
custom) From the drop-down list, select an NTP server:
• Use Default NTP Servers. The wireless VPN firewall regularly updates its
RTC by contacting a default NETGEAR NTP server on the Internet.
• Use Custom NTP Servers. The wireless VPN firewall regularly updates its
RTC by contacting one of two custom NTP servers (primary and backup),
both of which you need to specify in the fields that become available with this
selection.
Note: If you select the Use Custom NTP Servers option but leave either the
Server 1 or Server 2 field blank, both fields are set to the default NETGEAR
NTP servers.
Note: A list of public NTP servers is available at
http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome.
Server 1 Name / IP Address Enter the IP address or host name of the primary
NTP server.
Server 2 Name / IP Address Enter the IP address or host name of the backup
NTP server.