Technicolor - Thomson SpeedTouchTM620 manual SpeedTouch Sntp Client

Chapter 6

SpeedTouch™ System Services

6.2 The SpeedTouch™ SNTP Client

Introduction The SpeedTouch™ Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) client allows you to configure the SpeedTouch™ internal real-time clock (RTC), used for time-critical operations, for example for online certificates enrolment (IPSec VPN client).

This section shortly describes the configuration and use of the SpeedTouch™ SNTP client.

Daylight Saving Time Because the RTC does not have an automatic daylight saving switch, you should update it manually at the correct moments (twice a year).

The RTC The SpeedTouch™ contains a battery to allow the RTC to maintain the time even when the device is powered off and restarts. This helps security because even when the NTP servers are temporarily inaccessible because of a power outage or network traffic overflow, the SpeedTouch™ has the correct time allowing to correctly correlate syslog events from various devices and perform correct diagnosis.

The SNTP web page You can access the SpeedTouch™ SNTP page via Home > SpeedTouch > SNTP:

By default SNTP is disabled; internal clocking refers to the SpeedTouch™ up time (i.e. the time passed since last reboot).

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