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Click the General tab in the BSC administrator console, and then click the Time tab.
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BSC Time
The BSC Time Settings page appears as shown in Figure 10-6.
Settings page
System settings
Change the current time zone, date, or time on the BSC. Tme entries in 24-hour format
(HHMMSS).
To prevent manual update of date or time, leave the date or time fields blank,
respectively. Default values: America/New_York time zone and factory time/date setting.
NTP settings
Synchronize: You can set the frequency of NTP synchronization to either hourly, daily,
weekly, or monthly. Whenever NTP performs an update, it overrides the current BSC time
and date setting. Default value: Never (i.e., no NTP synchronization is used).
List of NTP servers: Enter Network Time Protocol (NTP) server(s) to set the date and time
on the BSC. When specifying more than one server, use a comma-delimited list of either
IP addresses or fully qualified domain names.
Query the NTP server now? - If this checkbox is marked and you click Update, the
specified NTP server(s) is checked immediately and the BSC's date and time settings are
updated, if necessary. This option is useful when you need to update the BSC time settings
now, rather than waiting for the selected NTP update interval.
If cleared, the BSC date and time settings are updated at the next selected NTP update
interval.
Updating the
Click Update to update the BSC system time as specified and to save the configured time
settings
settings to the BSC database.
You may be prompted to restart the BSC. We recommend that you do not restart the BSC
until you have completely finished configuring the BSC for use in your network.
Mail Server Access
In order for the BSC to mail reports (see "Creating a BSC Report" on page 15-15) and to
send email receipts upon hotspot user account activation (see "Configuring Hotspot
Account Generation" on page 11-10), it needs to access a mail server. Use the General
BlueSecure™ Controller Setup and Administration Guide
Figure 10-6: BSC Time Settings Page
Mail Server Access
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