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AkivaM
Aspirant
May 02, 2016
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R7000 Date/Time is Wrong wrong wrong, old firmware, new firmware

 

Nighthawk R7000 Firmware 1.0.4.30

 

Configuration - DNS addresses are fixed as the OpenDNS servers, 208.67.222.222 - 208.67.220.220

 

My time has been stuck at January, 2003 with the start time of the router as the time.  Therefore all my time functions, schedules, etc, are useless. And I can't use the USB drives because the files are written with the wrong time.

 

What I've done...

 

1. Restarted numerous times - no affect.

 

2. Checked that I can access time-a.netgear.com on a Windows 10 laptop connected to the router...

 

C:\Users\akivam>w32tm /stripchart /computer:time-a.netgear.com /dataonly /samples:5
Tracking time-a.netgear.com [209.249.181.52:123].
Collecting 5 samples.
The current time is 4/26/2016 7:02:15 PM.
19:02:15, +00.4330911s
19:02:17, +00.4358983s
19:02:19, +00.4338734s
19:02:22, +00.4339412s
19:02:24, +00.4339264s

 

3. I upgraded to beta Firmware Version V1.0.5.60_1.1.86

and now the router time is....  Current Time:   Thursday, 01 Jan 2015 04:09:03

 

So I gained 13 years, but still the wrong time.  Rebooted again, no help.  Time always starts from 01 Jan 2015 whenever there's a reboot with no fix of proper time.

 

Suggestions?

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  • AkivaM's avatar
    AkivaM
    May 08, 2016

    Yes, the modem is displaying the right time, as is a check connection to netgear time service.

     

    Fortunately an admin here sent me to support, who sent me firmware V1.0.5.49_20151231_ntp

    and that fixed it.



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    • AkivaM's avatar
      AkivaM
      Aspirant
      May 02, 2016

      I didn't set the DNS, the router did when I enabled Parental Controls.  If I try to change it now, it tells me that I must "The DNS Server changes will not take effect because of Parental Controls.  Disable Parental Controls if you wish to set DNS."

       

      Naturally I don't want to lose Parental Controls, it's the main reason I purchased the R7000 (that it uses OpenDNS for parental control) instead of the Asus competition.

       

      Since, however, I showed in my message above that I am able to access the netgear time site, DNS blockage would not seem to be the issue.