Basic - Broadcom BroadNAS User Manual

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The Basic page gives access to two basic areas of functionality: time and web interface security.
The BroadNAS keeps track of the date and time and uses this information for time stamps on files it keeps as
well as for administrative purposes such as error and connection logging. The BroadNAS clock runs in real
time and has a small battery to keep the clock running even while the power to the BroadNAS is turned off. So,
once the date and time have been set, they will stay correct for some time.
Note: In the current Beta version of the software, saving time between reboots is not supported,
though the hardware is there. A future release will include this support.
The Basic page shows the current date and time as the BroadNAS knows it and as the PC running the web
browser knows it. This gives some idea whether the BroadNAS time is correct. It also has a button to allow the
BroadNAS time to be set manually. This button brings up another page that allows the user to set any date and
time from 1970 through 2030. Alternatively, a different button on the Basic page sets the BroadNAS time to
match the time on the PC running the web browser. Since PCs typically have the correct time set already, this
is a simple way to set the BroadNAS to the correct date and time.
The BroadNAS is also capable of getting and maintaining the date and time from the network. BroadNAS
boxes that are on networks connected to the Internet should usually be set up to do this. This kind of network
time synchronization is done through an international standard called NTP for Network Time Protocol. This can
be set up on the Networking page (see
Page 12 The Configuration Pages
"Networking" on page
B roadc om C or por ati on
17), where there are three slots for NTP Servers.
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