NETGEAR M4100 Series User Manual

Configure System Information
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M4100 Series Managed Switch
Configure SNTP Servers
You can view and modify information for adding and modifying Simple Network Time Protocol
SNTP servers.
 To configure SNTP servers:
1. Prepare your computer with a static IP address in the 169.254.100.0 subnet, for
example, 169.254.100.201.
2. Connect an Ethernet cable from an Ethernet port on your computer to an Ethernet port on
the switch.
3. Launch a web browser
.
4. Enter the IP address of the switch in the web browser address field.
The default IP address of the switch is 169.254.100.100.
The Login screen displays.
5. Enter the user name and password.
The default admin user name is admin and the default admin password is blank, that is,
do not enter a password.
6. Click the Login button.
The web management interface menu displays.
7. Select System
 Management  Time  SNTP Server Configuration.
8. Enter the appropriate SNTP server information in the available fields:
• Server T
ype. Specifies whether the address for the SNTP server is an IP address
(IPv4) or host name (DNS). The default value is IPv4.
• Address. Specify the address of the SNTP server
. This is a text string of up to 64
characters containing the encoded unicast IP address or host name of an SNTP
server. Unicast SNTP requests are sent to this address. If this address is a DNS host
name, then that host name should be resolved into an IP address each time a SNTP
request is sent to it.
• Port. Enter a port number on the SNTP server to which SNTP requests are sent.
The
valid range is 1–65535. The default is 123.
• Priority. Specify the priority of this server entry in determining the sequence of
servers to which SNTP requests are sent.
The client continues sending requests to
different servers until a successful response is received or all servers are exhausted.

NETGEAR M4100 Series Specifications

General

Brand	NETGEAR
Model	M4100 Series
Category	Switch
Language	English