Rob Kimberley wrote: > "Richard B. Gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Rob Kimberley wrote: >> >>>Does anyone have recommendations for an ADSL Wireless Router that I can >>>manually set the NTP Server address on? My Belkin unit comes >>>pre-configured with external server addresses. I want to use my own one >>>here (Meinberg LanTime), as doing some tests on NTP jitter over wireless, >>>and want all PCs and Router to be taking time from same source. >>> >>>Cheers >>> >>>Rob Kimberley >>> >>> >> >>Routers generally do not do NTP in any way, shape, or form! They don't >>need to know the time! Expensive professional level (Cisco) routers can >>act as NTP servers or clients but using them in that way is not >>recommended. There have been a couple of moderately infamous exceptions; >>e.g. Netgear and D-Link. (Google for Netgear and Wisconsin or D-Link and >>PHK) >> >>If what you want is for the router's built in DHCP server to provide an >>NTP server address it may be possible but I don't know of a router that >>does that. The DHCP protocol does allow a query for an NTP server address >>so it should be possible. It's possible that a router might forward such >>a request and the reply. I don't know of one that does; I've been using >>the same clunky old LinkSys BEFSR81 for many years now and haven't looked >>at the consumer router market lately. > > > I checked the Help File on my Belkin, which gave the following:- > Time and Time Zone > The Router keeps time by connecting to a Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) > server. This allows the Router to synchronize the system clock to the global > Internet. The synchronized clock in the Router is used to record the > security log and control client filtering. Select the time zone that you > reside in. If you reside in an area that observes Daylight Saving, then > place a checkmark in the box next to "Enable Daylight Saving". The system > clock may not update immediately. Allow at least 15 minutes for the router > to contact the time servers on the Internet and get a response. You cannot > set the clock yourself. > > The last sentence is the problem - I want to manually set. > >
Buy a different router! Or talk to the vendor about a custom version of the firmware (EXPENSIVE!!!). Why do you feel that your router needs to know the time? _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
