NETGEAR FVS318N

Network and System Management
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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
The bottom of the screen displays the current weekday, date, time, time zone, and year
(in the example in the previous figure: Current Time: Tue May 31 19:24:35 GMT-0000
2011).
2. Ente
r the settings as explained in the following table:
3. Click App
ly 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 27.)
Table 72. Time Zone screen settings
Setting Description
Date/Time From the drop-down list, select the local time zone in which the wireless VPN
firew
all operates. The correct time zone is required in order for scheduling to
work correctly. The wireless VPN firewall includes a real-time clock (RTC), which
it uses for scheduling.
Automatically Adjust for
Daylig
ht Savings Time
If daylight savings time is supported in your region, select the Automatically
Adjust for Daylight Savings Time check box.
NTP Server (default or
c
ustom)
From the drop-down list, select an NTP server:
• Us
e Default NTP Servers. The wireless VPN firewall regularly updates its
RTC by contacting a default NETGEAR NTP server on the Internet.
• Use Cu
stom 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 ho
st name of the primary
NTP server.
Server 2 Name / IP Address Enter the IP address or host name of the backup
NTP server
.