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[chenks]

i have a set in bridge mode (connected to my edgerouter X)
i've noticed that even when timeservers have been set, the zyxel system time is wrong and it won't seem to sync time from any of the timeservers that are set.

any ideas how to get this to work?
firmware is V1.00(AAJZ.14)C0

[Weaver]

I have exactly the same (_apparent_) problem. My modem does not have the ability to access the internet, that's why.

[chenks]

in which case, can the time be manually set so that the device at least has the correct date/time?

[Weaver]

I don't know how to do it on mine, I am still very inexperienced with the device. Can't see it in the GUI, but that could just be my stupidity. I should check the CLI.

[roseway]

Why do you need to have the time set in the modem when it's in bridge mode? It doesn't use the time for anything.

[Weaver]

I don't know enough about these devices yet, so I'm guessing: event logs, SNMP, I think it can email logs out.

[chenks]

i don't "need" to have the time set, but i would "like" to have the time set.
afterall, if the time is being displayed in the GUI of the device then it might as well be correct (and i have the device accessible on my LAN).

[johnson]

Why do you need to have the time set in the modem when it's in bridge mode? It doesn't use the time for anything.

Seconded. It doesnt perform any logging in bridge mode which is the only reason I could think of for wanting time stamps. Edit: Or at least I have never gotten mine to when playing with the log settings.

Also performing the necessary wangling to get it to be able to talk to ntp servers makes it a part of your network and a possible attack surface, given its ancient 2.6.x linux kernel I know I'd rather have mine segregated.

[johnson]

Found this thread I was thinking of when I read the question:

https://forum.kitz.co.uk/index.php/topic,19966.0.html

[chenks]

Seconded. It doesnt perform any logging in bridge mode which is the only reason I could think of for wanting time stamps. Edit: Or at least I have never gotten mine to when playing with the log settings.

Also performing the necessary wangling to get it to be able to talk to ntp servers makes it a part of your network and a possible attack surface, given its ancient 2.6.x linux kernel I know I'd rather have mine segregated.

it's already part of my network.
LAN1 to PPPoE port, LAN4 to normal network.
modem has an 192.168.1x IP on my LAN so i can access it as normal.

[Weaver]

@Chenks I have the problem that the modem has no default gateway set up on that second (LAN-facing) ethernet port. That’s one of the reasons why mine doesn't talk to the internet: it doesn't know how to.

[johnson]

it's already part of my network.
LAN1 to PPPoE port, LAN4 to normal network.
modem has an 192.168.1x IP on my LAN so i can access it as normal.

Ah ok, sorry I assumed you were using the SNAT 1 cable trick where the modem cant see any other interfaces than the different subnet one you assign to router port it connects to.

Have a look through that thread if you want to get into setting the time, it honestly looks like a lot of work for such a cosmetic thing though.

[chenks]

@Chenks I have the problem that the modem has no default gateway set up on that second (LAN-facing) ethernet port. That’s one of the reasons why mine doesn't talk to the internet: it doesn't know how to.

yeah will most likely be the issue.

[underzone]

telnet in as supervisor
sh #start busybox shell
date -s "2018-05-29 12:39"


done.
 

[spring]

Maybe retrieve the time from another device. Is it possible to run a "time server" on another device and use that as the NTP server?