Motorola AP-51XX User Manual

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System Configuration

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5.

If using an NTP server to supply system time to the access point, configure the

NTP Server

Configuration

field to define the server network address information required to acquire

the access point network time.

6.

Click

Apply

to save any changes to the Date and time Settings screen. Navigating away

from the screen without clicking the Apply button results in all changes to the screen being
lost.

7.

Click

Undo Changes

(if necessary) to undo any changes made. Undo Changes reverts the

settings displayed on Date and Time Settings screen to the last saved configuration.

CAUTION If using the Radius time-based authentication feature to authenticate

access point user permissions, ensure

UTC

has been selected from

the

Time Zone

field. If UTC is not selected, time based authentication

will not work properly. For information on configuring Radius
time-based authentication, see

Defining User Access Permissions by

Group on page 6-76

.

Enable NTP on

access

point

Select the

Enable NTP on

access point checkbox to allow a

connection between the access point and one or more specified
NTP servers. A preferred, first alternate and second alternate NTP
server cannot be defined unless this checkbox is selected.

Disable this option (uncheck the checkbox) if Kerberos is not in use
and time synchronization is not necessary.

Preferred Time Server Specify the numerical (non DNS name) IP address and port of the

primary NTP server. The default port is 123.

First Alternate Time
Server

Optionally, specify the numerical (non DNS name) IP address and
port of an alternative NTP server to use for time synchronization if
the primary NTP server goes down.

Second Alternate
Time Server

Optionally, specify the numerical (non DNS name) and port of yet
another NTP server for the greatest assurance of uninterrupted
time synchronization.

Synchronization
Interval

Define an interval in minutes the access point uses to synchronize
its system time with the NTP server. A synchronization interval
value from 15 minutes to 65535 minutes can be specified. For
implementations using Kerberos, a synchronization interval of 15
minutes (default interval) or sooner is recommended.

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