Chapter 37 System

37.4.1 Pre-defined NTP Time Servers List

When you turn on the ZyWALL for the first time, the date and time start at 2003-01-01 00:00:00. The ZyWALL then attempts to synchronize with one of the following pre-defined list of Network Time Protocol (NTP) time servers.

The ZyWALL continues to use the following pre-defined list of NTP time servers if you do not specify a time server or it cannot synchronize with the time server you specified.

Table 177 Default Time Servers

0.pool.ntp.org

1.pool.ntp.org

2.pool.ntp.org

When the ZyWALL uses the pre-defined list of NTP time servers, it randomly selects one server and tries to synchronize with it. If the synchronization fails, then the ZyWALL goes through the rest of the list in order from the first one tried until either it is successful or all the pre-defined NTP time servers have been tried.

37.4.2 Time Server Synchronization

Click the Synchronize Now button to get the time and date from the time server you specified in the Time Server Address field.

When the Please Wait... screen appears, you may have to wait up to one minute.

Figure 296 Synchronization in Process

The Current Time and Current Date fields will display the appropriate settings if the synchronization is successful.

If the synchronization was not successful, a log displays in the View Log screen. Try re-configuring the Date/Time screen.

To manually set the ZyWALL date and time.

1Click System > Date/Time.2Select Manual under Time and Date Setup.

3Enter the ZyWALL’s time in the New Time field.

4Enter the ZyWALL’s date in the New Date field.

5Under Time Zone Setup, select your Time Zone from the list.

6As an option you can select the Enable Daylight Saving check box to adjust the ZyWALL clock for daylight savings.

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