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R7500 System Time Not Correct
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
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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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.
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!