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avis123
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Feb 15, 2019
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Error Message: Warning: Ther router is failed to connect to NTP server, please check your Internet

Hello, I am having issues with the Date NS RIMW OD my R7000 NightHawk router. Those are showing incorrectly. I need to schedule router downtime. However, since the router time is showing incorrectl...
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  • michaelkenward's avatar
    michaelkenward
    Feb 16, 2019

    Suggests something else is amiss.

     

    Note that shadowsports appears to be running older firmware on an R7000. Might be worth trying that.

     

    Your version has been fingered as "problematic" (broken) in other areas. Maybe you have discovered a new defect.

     

    Have you ever done a factory reset? Might be worth trying.

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shadowsports
Hero
Feb 16, 2019

I can confirm the default NTP server works in 1.0.9.42.

 

I have Comcast (ISP) 

 

 

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michaelkenward
Guru - Experienced User
Feb 16, 2019
shadowsports wrote:

I can confirm the default NTP server works in 1.0.9.42.

 

I have Comcast (ISP) 

 

That's good.

 

Now we need to know why avis123 wants to user an alternative NTP server.