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R7500 System Time Not Correct
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The system time on my Netgear R7500 Router is not correct and is reading Dec 31st, 1969. I have a static IP set using googles DNS servers, I have attempted reseting the router to the factory image, downgrading then re-upgrading to the latest firmware, several reboots, etc... There is no NTP setting on the router itself so I am pretty much stuck with no way to correct the system time. I am trying to use the VPN on the router it is not working properly and I am betting this likely has to do with the time being off.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Sasan
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I was able to fix this on my own by doing the following.
- Download and install telnetenable.exe (https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/telnet.console)
- telnet into my R7500
- use the "date" command to manually set the date and time of router
- root@R7500:/etc/config# date -s 2016.09.22-16:00[:00]
Who needs Netgear support when I can have free root access to the box 🙂 I wanted to install NTPD onto the busybox system, but I could not get he package to install. Has anyone else had experience with this?
Good Luck!
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Re: R7500 System Time Not Correct
what model modem and how is the r7500 connected to it
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Re: R7500 System Time Not Correct
It is an AT&T (PACE) 5268AC Router/Modem. The R7500 is connected to it like so:
Internet POP (Fiber) > 5286AC WAN Port IN > 5286AC LAN Port OUT > R7500 WAN Port IN
Funny thing is, i have a Netgear R6200 running in AP-Mode for my upstairs connected to the LAN port of the R7500 and it is able to pull the correct system time.
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Re: R7500 System Time Not Correct
is pace in bridge mode if not 7500 should be in AP mode
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Re: R7500 System Time Not Correct
Yes, the Pace router is in Bridge mode, so the R7500 has my Public IP.
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Re: R7500 System Time Not Correct
Ok,
Why a static IP and google DNS? AT&T not working?
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Re: R7500 System Time Not Correct
I use a static IP because the field I am in requires that I have one. I switched to Google's DNS for troubleshooting purposes, AT&T DNS works fine. It doesnt matter which DNS I choose the time issue still exists.
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Re: R7500 System Time Not Correct
AT&T uses DHCP for IP ? Why use static?
Did they assign you a static IP
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Re: R7500 System Time Not Correct
They perform a DHCP Reservation for my account. At a later date they will assign a true static IP to my account just as they do with business lines. I can use both static or dynamic on my R7500 and it makes no difference, the time problem still exists, I have tried both ways. I have to use a static IP as well because I want to use the VPN feature of my R7500 and I do not want to use Dynamic DNS.
Thanks,
Sasan
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Re: R7500 System Time Not Correct
Just trying to understand the reasons. If you haven't already contacted support you should and open a case for this. Or try a different FW version.
Good Luck with it.
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Re: R7500 System Time Not Correct
I feel like having to pay for support to fix somthing that is less than a year old is not good business practice, so I was hoping to find a solution here.
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I was able to fix this on my own by doing the following.
- Download and install telnetenable.exe (https://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/telnet.console)
- telnet into my R7500
- use the "date" command to manually set the date and time of router
- root@R7500:/etc/config# date -s 2016.09.22-16:00[:00]
Who needs Netgear support when I can have free root access to the box 🙂 I wanted to install NTPD onto the busybox system, but I could not get he package to install. Has anyone else had experience with this?
Good Luck!
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