[TP-Link EAP300 v2] Time setting not working automatically

[Flying Dutchman]

Hi,

I am not successful in setting up a correct primary NTP server to get the time right in this access point.
Is there somebody who is successful?
Which IP-address do you use?

Synchronizing manually with the PC is working OK. But I power off the EAP330 every evening which causes the clock to start with a strange time upon power on.

 

[degrub]

what NTP server do the other APs and RTrs point to ?
Are you blocking internet access for this AP ?

 

[Flying Dutchman]

Router R7800 : Default NetGear NTP server , no further information available
I tried several NTP addresses: 193.78.240.12, 193.79.237.14, 72.251.251.11, 131.211.8.244, 213.132.202.192: no success!

 

[sfx2000]

need to have a current tzdata file, and define the timezone one is currently in...

 

[degrub]

Router R7800 : Default NetGear NTP server , no further information available
I tried several NTP addresses: 193.78.240.12, 193.79.237.14, 72.251.251.11, 131.211.8.244, 213.132.202.192: no success!

try
time.nist.gov

 

[sfx2000]

Here's one ntp.conf...

$ cat /etc/ntp.conf
driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift
leapfile /usr/share/zoneinfo/leap-seconds.list
# Specify one or more NTP servers.
server 0.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
server 1.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
server 2.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
server 3.ubuntu.pool.ntp.org
server ntp.ubuntu.com
restrict -4 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery limited
restrict -6 default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery limited
restrict 127.0.0.1
restrict ::1
restrict source notrap nomodify noquery

Which results in this...

$ ntpq -p
    remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter

==============================================================================
+ip7.nsg.sbbsnet 64.113.44.54     2 u  192 1024  377   73.155    0.681   0.628
-hadb1.smatwebde 216.218.254.202  2 u  757 1024  377   49.234   -4.257   1.584
-2.time.dbsinet. 198.60.22.240    2 u  521 1024  375   90.619   -3.908   3.341
*time.tritn.com  66.220.9.122     2 u  641 1024  377   10.986   -2.731   1.068
+golem.canonical 17.253.52.125    2 u  254 1024  377  137.343   -0.463   0.767

Anyways - check around the forums - more than a couple of threads around this topic...

 

[Flying Dutchman]

try
time.nist.gov

If it was that easy .... .
The EAP330 only accepts IP-addresses.

 

[Flying Dutchman]

Anyways - check around the forums - more than a couple of threads around this topic...

That was the first thing I did. For days ..... .
Time setting on the AP is only interesting for the logfile, so no big deal. But it should work in one way or the other. I'll dig further into it.

 

[degrub]

I think if you go to the nist ntp time site you can get the resolved addresses. You will lose the access when they take a server down occasionally, but it usually comes back.