Date/Time; Host - Planet BM-2002 User Manual

4.1.4 Date/Time

The Date/Time menu contains commands for setting Bandwidth Manager's time and date required for
correctly record the bandwidth usage time. User can directly input the date and time or specify the NTP server
for the device to synchronize with time-server. Click on "Date/Time" in the system settings menu bar and the
Date/Time screen will appear as illustrated below:
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Date: Input the year and select the Date from the pull-down list respectively.
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Time: Select the Time from the pull-down list respectively.
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NTP Server: Local NTP (Network time protocol) server IP or DNS name. If you want to manually
configure the date and time, left this field blank.
Note: Please find below NTP server web address for your reference to set the time-server.
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock1a.htm
http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2a.htm
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Time Zone: System administrator must select the time zone for the region.
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Save: Press save button to save all these configurations. If you have input a NTP server IP address or
DNS name, the Bandwidth Manager will try to inquire the current time and update the Date and Time
field.
The Date/Time information will be used in the reporting system (refer to section 4.3). If your BM-2002 can
reach to the Internet, you can find the nearest NTP server in the Internet for your BM-2002 that should provide
the accurate date and time for the bandwidth manager.

4.1.5 Host

BM-2002 can control the bandwidth usage via host IP address. You must define local and/or remote user's
IP address that you want to manage to the host catalog. This host catalog is useful on defining policy. The
total number of host catalog, service catalog and policies cannot exceed 256.
The Host Catalog page lists all the defined hosts with host name, IP address and location. On the top of the
host table, the following buttons are available:
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New - Create new host catalog.
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Prev - Go to previous page.
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1, 2, ... - First, second, ... page.
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Next - Next page.
On the Action field of each host name, the following two buttons are provided:
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