Option

Description

Primary, Secon­dary,

 

Tertiary SNTP Servers

This allows you to enter three different

 

SNTP server addresses. If one of these

 

servers is unavailable your modem

 

will use an alternative. An example

 

of an NTP server on the Internet is

 

128.250.36.3.

Timeout:

The number of seconds your modem will

 

attempt to connect to an SNTP server

 

before trying an alternative server

 

should the server you are trying to con-

 

nect to be unavailable.

Pollingg­ In­terval:

The interval that your modem will up-

 

date its time with an SNTP server.

Retry Coun­t:

The number of attempts at connecting

 

to an SNTP server.

Time Zon­e:

Select the time zone you are in.

Day Lig­ht:

Enable this to enable daylight savings

 

for the time on your modem.

Click Apply to save the settings.

 

To check that your NB5Plus4/W modem is talking to an NTP server, follow these instructions for Windows Operating Systems:

1.Open a Command Prompt (Start > Run > cmd).

2.Type telnet 192.168.1.1 (or the IP address of your modem) and enter.

3.Type your login and password.

Login: admin

Password: admin

4.date [ENTER key]

5.Note that the date is set correctly.

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