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Clock Resets Constantly

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 1:23 am
by dancuofzhills
On all my routerboard and wrap mikrotik systems the clock resets to Jan 1st 2000 on every reboot, i am constantly setting the clock hoping that it will keep time. Ive also set up the systems as a NTP client, and set one of my PC based MT systems at my office as the server. The NTP server works for devices that ive tested it with, but my routerboards dont set their time to match the ntp server(im not actually sure if NTP is even supposed to set the date, or just the time).
I also have 12 PC based mikrotik systems, they do not lose the time or date. its almost like the router/wrap boards need a cmos battery replacement, but theres not an obvious one on the device.
Anyone else run into this? Any suggestions?

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:52 am
by GotNet
Can't speak for wrap but I'm not aware of any RB that has a cmos clock.

On my RBs that I care to set the time, I apply NTP client. Mostly I could care less what time the APs or clients are at... We do work with UTC +-0 when required. NTP does set date and time. Use a public NTP pool that resolves a different IP every boot. Don't want to make headlines! (Netgear?)

Mike

Because...

Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 5:13 pm
by dancuofzhills
The only reason i care about the time is because i have them run an automatic backup script that labels the file with the date and time. The other reason is because it makes the syslog almost useless :(
I will keep playing with the NTP and see if i cna get that working.
Thanks.

Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2006 10:19 am
by normis
there is no battery on these boards, so clock can't be kept after power reset. therefore you must use the NTP client to synchronise with a time server