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--- basic-time [2024/09/29 19:51] – -Formatting-move Intercept LAN client NTP requests under Enable local NTP Server hogwild
+++ basic-time [2024/11/27 00:09] (current) – hogwild
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-**Time Zone:** This lets you select in which time zone your FreshTomato hardware resides. \\   \\  **Auto Daylight Savings Time**
+**Time Zone:** lets you select in which time zone your FreshTomato router resides. \\   \\ **Auto Daylight Savings Time**
   * Enabled * - FreshTomato automatically adjusts the time/date to reflect DST.
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-**Auto Update Time**: Chooses if/how to auto-update system time via synchronization with an NTP server.
+**Auto Update Time**: chooses if/how to auto-update system time via synchronization with an NTP server.
-  * Never **-**  FreshTomato doesn't synchronize its clock time/date with an\\ NTP Time Server. NTP servers names/addresses can still be configured, \\ they just won't be used with this option selected.
+ \\
-  * Only at Startup  **- **FreshTomato synchronizes time with one of the \\ configured NTP servers at each boot, but not again afterwards. \\ If you need synchronization more often, or have very long uptimes, \\ you may want to choose the //Auto Interval //option.
-  * Auto Interval **- ** forces FreshTomato to synchronize time with a \\ configured NTP server at a preset interval.
- \\   \\ **NTP Time Server:**  Here, choose the country/continent where your device resides.
+  * Never **-** FreshTomato doesn't synchronize its clock time/date with an\\ NTP Time Server. NTP server names/addresses can still be configured, \\ they just won't be used with this option selected.
+  * Only at Startup **- **FreshTomato synchronizes time with one of the \\ configured NTP servers at each boot, but not again afterwards. \\ If you need synchronization more often, or have very long uptimes, \\ you may want to choose the //Auto Interval //option.
+  * Auto Interval **- **forces FreshTomato to synchronize time with a \\ configured NTP server at a preset interval.
-This will cause FreshTomato to automatically configure appropriate default time server addresses.
+ \\   \\ **NTP Time Server:**  lets you set the country/continent where your device is.
+This causes FreshTomato to automatically configure appropriate default time server addresses.
+ \\
-  * Custom - Makes fields appear in which to enter the DNS/IP addresses of 3 NTP servers.
+  * Custom - makes fields appear in which to enter DNS/IP addresses of 3 NTP servers.
-  * Default - Uses "0.pool.ntp.org", "1.pool.ntp.org" and "2.pool.ntp.org".
+  * Default - uses "0.pool.ntp.org", "1.pool.ntp.org" and "2.pool.ntp.org".
-  * Choosing any Continent - Uses the default NTP servers //for that continent//. \\ FreshTomato retains addresses in the Custom fields, in case you later select Custom.
+  * Choosing a Continent - uses the default NTP servers //for that continent//. \\ FreshTomato retains addresses in the Custom fields, in case you later select Custom.
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-For a list of NTP servers, see here: [[http://support.ntp.org/servers|Public Time Server Lists]] .
+For a list of NTP servers, see here: [[https://support.ntp.org/Servers/WebHome|Public Time Server Lists]] .
-For detailed technical documentation, see here: [[https://www.ntp.org/|ntp.org]].
+For technical details, see the official NTP documentation: [[https://www.ntp.org/|ntp.org]].
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-**Enable local NTP server:** Enables FreshTomato's NTP server, so LAN clients can synchronize date/time directly with the router.
+**Enable local NTP server:** enables the NTP server, so LAN clients can synchronize date/time directly with the router.
 This is available only if **Auto Update Time** is set to //Auto interval//.
-  * Intercept LAN client NTP requests - Enabling this makes FreshTomato intercept \\ wan-bound NTP client requests so its own NTP server provides synchronization.
+  * Intercept LAN client NTP requests - makes FreshTomato intercept \\ WAN-bound NTP client requests so its NTP server provides synchronization.
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