Date and Time
Set the firewall clock to ensure that the information in the logs has the right date and time. The date and time are displayed at the bottom of all pages. You can set the date and time manually or let the firewall get the correct time from an NTP server.
Change time zone
Before you change the time in the firewall, check that it uses the correct time zone. A change of time zone only affects the time displayed on the firewall web pages; the firewall clock is not changed.
The Time zone field shows the current time zone setting. Change time zone by selecting one in the left-hand box and press the Change time zone button.
Change date and time manually
Here you change the firewall clock manually. When you change time here, there will be a time gap in the log files (if you change time forwards) or the same time will be shown twice (if you change time backwards).
N.B. Before you change time here, make sure that the firewall uses the correct time zone above.
Date
The date is written as four digits for the year, two for the month and two for the day. The punctuation between year, month and day must be dashes (-).
Time
Time is written as two digits for the hour, two digits for the minute and two digits for the second, although seconds can be left out. The punctuation between hours, minutes and seconds must be colon (:) or period (.). A 24-hour clock is used.
Set date and time manually
Click on Set date and time manually to change the clock in the firewall to what you entered in the Date and Time fields.
Change date and time with NTP
Instead of setting the time manually, you can let the firewall get the correct time from an NTP server. The time for synchronizing will be notably shorter if the firewall time is approximately correct when NTP is activated.
N.B. Before you change time here, make sure that the firewall uses the correct time zone above.
Synchronize time with NTP
Here, select to turn the NTP synchronizing On or Off.
Enter servers to sync with in the table below.
DNS name or IP address
The name/IP address of the NTP server to which the firewall should connect. If a name is entered, you must enter the IP address for a name server on the Basic Configuration page.
IP address
Shows the IP address of the DNS name or IP address you entered in the previous field.
Delete row
If you select this box, the row is deleted when you click on Add new rows, Save, or Look up all IP addresses again.
Add new rows
Enter the number of new rows you want to add to the table, and then click on Add new rows.
Save
Saves all Date and Time configuration to the preliminary configuration.
Undo
Clears and resets all fields in new rows and resets changes in old rows.
Look up all IP addresses again
Looks up the IP addresses for all DNS names on this page in the DNS servers you entered on the Basic Configuration page.