auto date/time set

A puzzling behavior,

I found out my DI-614+ router has set itself to the correct date & time. I
didn't provide any time server information.

How can this be?

Saxo

Router probably downloaded the time and date from your PC. Pretty common
feature.

"Saxo" <saxo_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:xcXTb.76870$(E-Mail Removed).. .

> I found out my DI-614+ router has set itself to the correct date & time. I
> didn't provide any time server information.

Actually, my DI774 router updates its clock from an NNTP server when it
connects to the ISP.

"tgreen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Router probably downloaded the time and date from your PC. Pretty common
> feature.
>
> "Saxo" <saxo_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:xcXTb.76870$(E-Mail Removed).. .
>
> > I found out my DI-614+ router has set itself to the correct date & time.
I
> > didn't provide any time server information.
>
>

Sorry, typo, meant to say NTP server.

"gary" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Actually, my DI774 router updates its clock from an NNTP server when it
> connects to the ISP.
>
> "tgreen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Router probably downloaded the time and date from your PC. Pretty common
> > feature.
> >
> > "Saxo" <saxo_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:xcXTb.76870$(E-Mail Removed).. .
> >
> > > I found out my DI-614+ router has set itself to the correct date &
time.
> I
> > > didn't provide any time server information.
> >
> >
>
>

So his question would be - if he didnt set that up anywhere, where would it
be getting the timezone and ntp server information from ?

"gary" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Sorry, typo, meant to say NTP server.
>
> "gary" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:9_XTb.18640$(E-Mail Removed). com...
> > Actually, my DI774 router updates its clock from an NNTP server when it
> > connects to the ISP.
> >
> > "tgreen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Router probably downloaded the time and date from your PC. Pretty
common
> > > feature.
> > >
> > > "Saxo" <saxo_@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > > news:xcXTb.76870$(E-Mail Removed).. .
> > >
> > > > I found out my DI-614+ router has set itself to the correct date &
> time.
> > I
> > > > didn't provide any time server information.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>

On Wed, 04 Feb 2004 17:59:00 GMT, Coz spoketh

>So his question would be - if he didnt set that up anywhere, where would it
>be getting the timezone and ntp server information from ?
>


Probably a default setting in the device. Not uncommon.

Lars M. Hansen
www.hansenonline.net
Remove "bad" from my e-mail address to contact me.

In article <xcXTb.76870$(E-Mail Removed)>,
Saxo <saxo_@hotmail.com> wrote:
> A puzzling behavior,
>
> I found out my DI-614+ router has set itself to the correct date & time. I
> didn't provide any time server information.
>
> How can this be?

Might be in the DHCP info.

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-eben (E-Mail Removed)m home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar

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Saxo <saxo_@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I found out my DI-614+ router has set itself to the correct date & time. I
> didn't provide any time server information.

SMC routers have a fixed list of NTP servers that they try to contact.
Mine wouldn't work through our company firewall, and I couldn't point it to
another server, but at home it works just fine. The logs tell me which one
it reached. Log stamps on a reboot prior to that are 00/00/00 00:00:00, so
it doesn't even bother to keep a clock across resets.

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Clarence A Dold - Hidden Valley (Lake County) CA USA 38.8-122.5

"Hactar" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de
news:bvrlmi$124$(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <xcXTb.76870$(E-Mail Removed)>,
> Saxo <saxo_@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > A puzzling behavior,
> >
> > I found out my DI-614+ router has set itself to the correct date & time.
I
> > didn't provide any time server information.
> >
> > How can this be?
>
> Might be in the DHCP info.

Oops! I e-mail this one yesterday to Hactar instead of the newgroups:
"You might be right! I see no other explanation."

In the mean time, I found out my router does use local DHCP because the time
is *exactly* the same as my computer clock. To be sure, I temporarily
changed the computer clock, reboot the router and it sets itself to the same
time. I also disabled the router local DHCP and connect to it with a fixed
IP address and the router clock didn't set.

Saxo

>
> --
> -eben (E-Mail Removed)m home.tampabay.rr.com/hactar
>
> This message was created using recycled electrons.