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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:
Date: Input the year and select the Date from the pull-down list respectively.
Time: Select the Time from the pull-down list respectively.
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
Time Zone: System administrator must select the time zone for the region.
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.
Renew All Report: When new configured time is earlier than old time settings, you need to click "Renew
All Report" or the report function can not work properly.
The Date/Time information will be used in the reporting system (refer to section 4.3). If your Bandwidth
Manager can reach to the Internet, you can find the nearest NTP server in the Internet for your Bandwidth
Manager that should provide the accurate date and time for the bandwidth manager.
NOTE:
1. Clicking Renew All Report will clear all statistic data recorded on the memory of Bandwidth Manager.
2. If NTP server is configured, the configured Date and Time will not work.

4.1.5 Host

Bandwidth Manager 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 512 for
BM-2010A and 1024 for BM-2100.
The Host Catalog page lists all the defined hosts with host name, IP address and location. On the top of the
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