Billion Electric Company BiPAC 8501/8521 - Manual (Page 78)

Billion BiPAC 8500/8501/8520/8521 SHDSL (VPN) Firewall Bridge/ Router
Chapter 4: Configuration
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System
Listed are items within the System section: Time Zone, Remote Access, Firmware Upgrade,
Backup/Restore, Restart and User Management.
Time Zone
The router does not have a real time clock on board; instead, it uses the Simple Network Time
Protocol (SNTP) to get the current time from an SNTP server outside your network. Choose
your local time zone, click Enable and click the Apply button. After a successful connection to
the Internet, the router will retrieve the correct local time from the SNTP server you have
specified. If you prefer to specify an SNTP server other than those in the list, simply enter its IP
address as shown above. Your ISP may provide an SNTP server for you to use.
• Daylight Saving is also known as Summer Time Period. Many places in the world
adapt it during summer time to move one hour of daylight from morning to the evening in
local standard time. Check Automatic box to auto set your local time.
• Resync Period (in minutes) is the periodic interval the router will wait before it re-
synchronizes the router’s time with that of the specified SNTP server. In order to avoid
unnecessary increase of the load on your specified SNTP server you should keep the
poll interval as high as possible – at the absolute minimum every few hours or even days.