ZyXEL Communications HS100/HS100W manual Time and Date Setting Fields

HomeSafe User’s Guide

32.3 Time and Date Setting

The Real Time Chip (RTC) keeps track of the time and date (not available on all models). There is also a software mechanism to set the time manually or get the current time and date from an external server when you turn on your HomeSafe. Menu 24.10 allows you to update the time and date settings of your HomeSafe. The real time is then displayed in the HomeSafe error logs and firewall logs.

Select menu 24 in the main menu to open Menu 24 - System Maintenance, as shown next.

Figure 32-6 Menu 24: System Maintenance

Enter 10 to go to Menu 24.10 - System Maintenance - Time and Date Setting to update the time and date settings of your HomeSafe as shown in the following screen.

Menu 24.10 - System Maintenance - Time and Date Setting

Time Protocol= NTP (RFC-1305)

Time Server Address= time-b.nist.gov

Current Time:		08	:	07	:	14
New Time	(hh:mm:ss):	08	:	06	:	48
Current Date:		2003		- 12		- 24
New Date	(yyyy-mm-dd):	2003		- 12		- 24
Time Zone= GMT
Daylight	Saving= No
Start Date (mm-dd):					01	- 01
End Date	(mm-dd):				01	- 01

Figure 32-7 Menu 24.10 System Maintenance: Time and Date Setting

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

	Table 32-3 Time and Date Setting Fields
FIELD	DESCRIPTION
Time Protocol	Enter the time service protocol that your timeserver sends when you turn on the
	HomeSafe. Not all timeservers support all protocols, so you may have to check with
	your ISP/network administrator or use trial and error to find a protocol that works. The
	main differences between them are the format.
	Daytime (RFC 867) format is day/month/year/time zone of the server.
	Time (RFC-868)format displays a 4-byte integer giving the total number of seconds
	since 1970/1/1 at 0:0:0.
	NTP (RFC-1305) the default, is similar to Time (RFC-868).
	None enter the time manually.
Time Server	Enter the IP address or domain name of your timeserver. Check with your
Address	ISP/network administrator if you are unsure of this information. The default is
	tick.stdtime.gov.tw
Current Time	This field displays an updated time only when you reenter this menu.
New Time	Enter the new time in hour, minute and second format.
Current Date	This field displays an updated date only when you reenter this menu.
New Date	Enter the new date in year, month and day format.

32-4 System Maintenance