Allied Telesis AT-WA7400/NA - Manual (Page 202)

Chapter 17: Maintenance and Monitoring
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Enabling the Network Time Protocol (NTP) Server
The Network Time Protocol ( NTP ) is an Internet standard protocol that
synchronizes computer clock times on your network. NTP servers transmit
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC, also known as Greenwich Mean Time)
to their client systems. NTP sends periodic time requests to servers, using
the returned time stamp to adjust its clock.
The timestamp is used to indicate the date and time of each event in log
messages.
See http://www.ntp.org for more general information on NTP.
To configure your access point to use a network time protocol ( NTP )
server, perform the following procedure:
1. From the main menu, select Advanced > Time Protocol.
The Time Protocol page is shown in Figure 60.
Figure 60. Time Protocol Page
2. For the Network Time Protocol (NTP) setting, select one of the
following:
Enabled
The access point sets its time by contacting the NTP server.
Synchronize with PC
The access point synchronizes its clock with the PC from which you
are managing the access point.
3. For the Daylight Saving Time setting, select one of the following: