General Category > Ideas/Feature requests
NTP Server
Patrick Wilson:
--- Quote from: etijburg on August 18, 2013, 01:52:00 pm ---I agree. if Hardware is not finalized I think the SecuriFi should consider adding a RTC chip. Accurate time with be a requirement for Time based access controls, accurate logging and VPN access.
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If you'll forgive the observation. Adding a RTC as "hardware" would drive up the cost of the unit, and it really isn't necessary. I know of no router that includes this functionality, as it simply isn't needed. All Routers I have ever used support NTP - Network Time Protocol
The original Almond already supports this, so I believe it is safe to assume that the Almond+ will as well.
pete:
Here is a device which I have been playing with. (well a few of these today)
That said it is a small HD IP camera board.
LGNilsson:
Difference scenario, as that needs to be able to keep time even if the internet goes down, as it can most likely record to a local server, which in turn could technically be the NTP server...
pete:
Yes. I am OK with just having the device getting its time from the local NTP server.
I do that today with my Ubiquiti AirOS wireless AP as the one wireless network is autonmous from the internet on its own network and another one doesn't touch ever touch the internet.
The NTP time sync time zone / DST / ST stuff; it is incorrect. (not doing daylight savings time).
Grandstream does off the option of a manual entry which saves looking at a very long list of timezones
IE:
--- Quote ---MTZ+6MDT+5,M4.1.0,M11.1.0
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plus syncing to the inhouse NTP server.
Patrick Wilson:
--- Quote from: pete on August 27, 2013, 12:37:11 pm ---Yes. I am OK with just having the device getting its time from the local NTP server.
I do that today with my Ubiquiti AirOS wireless AP as the one wireless network is autonmous from the internet on its own network and another one doesn't touch ever touch the internet.
The NTP time sync time zone / DST / ST stuff; it is incorrect. (not doing daylight savings time).
Grandstream does off the option of a manual entry which saves looking at a very long list of timezones
IE: plus syncing to the inhouse NTP server.
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To solve my issue with DST on my Almond, I simply do a "echo PST8PDT7 >/etc/TZ" from a Telnet session. This should be fixed in a future Firmware revision. Unfortunately I need to do this manually after every restart of the Router.
I live in the Pacific Time Zone" we are UTC-0800 in the Winter, and UTC-0700 in the Summer.
In 90% of Canada we observe "Daylight Savings Time". Here in British Columbia, Canada, 99% of the province, including Victoria, observes "Daylight Saving Time", this means that in the Summer months we are UTC-0700 hrs, while in the Winter we are UTC-0800 hrs. (There are some exceptions, including Creston, BC, Canada - See Wikipedia article: Time in Canada (aka http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_in_Canada)
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