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4.4.2 ADVANCED - SNTP

SNTP: SNTP (Simple Network Timing Protocol) is a protocol used to synchronize the system time to the

public SNTP servers. It uses the UDP protocol on port 123 to communicate between clients and servers.

Place a check at Enable SNTP to enable the SNTP functionality.

When the SNTP feature is enabled, your 4 Ports 11g Wireless ADSL2/2+ Router will start querying for the

time clock information from the primary SNTP server. If it fails to get a valid response within the “Timeout”

period, it will try for “Retry” number of times, before moving to the Secondary SNTP server. If it fails to get a

valid response from Secondary STNP server within valid retry times, it starts querying Tertiary SNTP server.

If it fails to get a valid response from all the servers, then the program stops. When a valid response is

received from one of the server, the program sleeps for “Polling Interval” amount of minutes, before starting

the whole process again.

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Enable SNTP: Place a check to enable SNTP feature.

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Primary SNTP Server: The IP address or the host name of the primary SNTP server.

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Secondary SNTP Server: The IP address or the host name of the secondary SNTP server.

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Tertiary SNTP Server: The IP address or the host name of the tertiary SNTP server.

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Timeout: A time limit for an operation. If the 4 Ports 11g Wireless ADSL2/2+ Router failed to

connect to a SNTP server within the “Timeout” period, it will retry the connection.

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Polling Interval: The length of time (In Minutes) the 4 Ports 11g Wireless ADSL2/2+ Router

retrieves the time from the SNTP Server. Time between a successful connection with a SNTP

server and a new attempt to connect to an SNTP server.

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