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Netgear NTP servers down?
Both my RBS50Y and my Orbi Router RBR50 are stating that they cant connect to the Netgear NTP server. I'm in New York on Long Island & this is the Warning: The Orbi Router failed to connect to NTP server, please check your internet connectivity or try another NTP server.
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Have you rebooted your ISP modem and the RBR to see if this changes anything?
Try using a manual NTP server.
My RBR50 in AP mode is reporting same:
Warning: The Orbi Router failed to connect to NTP server, please check your internet connectivity or try another NTP server.
Just tried time.nist.gov and that works.
- I tried. Still reporting the same thing. It’s something with netgear servers. All my other devices using non-Netgear ntp servers are working (Windows, Apple)
computersteve wrote:Both my RBS50Y and my Orbi Router RBR50 are stating that they cant connect to the Netgear NTP server. I'm in New York on Long Island & this is the Warning: The Orbi Router failed to connect to NTP server, please check your internet connectivity or try another NTP server.
Google found me this site that checks ntp servers:
https://keetweej.vanheusden.com/query_ntp.php
When I checked, time-a.netgear.com, time-b.netgear.com, and time-c.netgear.com all report status. You might check and see what it reports for you.
Perhaps it would be worth trying to use a different ntp server. Popular ones are listed here:
https://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi
The Orbi ntp server is set on the Orbi web interface Advanced Tab, Administration, NTP Settings.
