Time disparity being logged periodically

[gunrunnerjohn]

My router is the Asus RT-AC66U and is running Firmware:380.68_2

The router appears to run fine, but I'm getting this in the log on a regular basis, note red text. What causes this, and is there a simple fix?

Sep 26 20:19:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[296]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.0.85 f8:27:93:f1:ba:a0
Sep 26 20:19:01 dnsmasq-dhcp[296]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.0.85 f8:27:93:f1:ba:a0 Johns-iPad
Sep 26 20:19:05 crond[299]: time disparity of 1134738 minutes detected
Sep 26 20:19:23 kernel: br0: topology change detected, propagating
Sep 26 20:19:23 kernel: br0: port 3(eth2) entering blocking state
Sep 26 20:19:38 dnsmasq-dhcp[296]: DHCPDISCOVER(br0) 64:b5:c6:17:6d:78

 

[ColinTaylor]

That's normal when the router boots up. It's not an error so there's nothing to fix.

The router doesn't have a persistent clock so when it is powered on the clock is set to a default date and time in the past. Later, after the router has established a connection to the internet the date and time are corrected. The message is just informing you that the crond process noticed this adjustment.

 

[gunrunnerjohn]

Thanks, that makes sense. I figured it was something simple, never thought about the fact there is no RTC.