Netgear WNDR4500 - time server setting wrong time zone

Re: Netgear WNDR3400 (N600 category) router messes up time

Bought WNDR4500 in November primarily to control after hours access. This requires setting the time. I used Central Time, with and without Daylight Savings. Wait a day or two and it changes to (GMT-12:00) Eniwetok,Kwajalein. New router so called free support, they where useless. Current Firmware V1.0.0.70_1.0.18. There appears to be no documented way to change the Time Server. Currently I am adjusting my Schedules by adding 6 hours, but this is nuts. Has anyone heard a response from Netgear on when or if they will fix this problem?

 

Re: Netgear WNDR3400 (N600 category) router messes up time

there is a beta firmware hopefully due out to the pubic soon

 

Time on Linux, which most routers run, is handled by NTP or NTPDate.
When running, ntpd is the service.
Then the problem is either ntpd or the server where it gets its time data.
Gathering a list of time servers might be useful.
Telnet into the device and check the ntp config files for those servers. Usually /etc/ntp.conf or /etc/xntp.conf.
Basic NTP Configuration
Edit: This might also be helpful pool.ntp.org

 

Probably not in this case. Most of these Netgear routers do not allow you to specifiy a time server.

 

So ntpd is not running in memory having been loaded by the linux OS image which resides in flash?

A DD-WRT port seems in progress:
WNDR4500 (N900) supported? - DD-WRT Forums

 

Attempting your instruction above the router does not respond to a telnet connection.

 

This should work to get a telnet session:
http://wiki.openwrt.org/toh/netgear/telnet.console

 

@pagarner,
It's problem in many of their routers including 3400 which I ditched
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=308892&highlight=netgear
3 of them, all returned.
Seems like a feature. Just visit the Netgear forum.

 

Looks very interesting but since you also cannot disable WPS on these routers the idea of enabling telnet that doesn't ask for a username/password doesn't really thrill me. Other than not being able to disable WPS or change the NTP server I have been very happy with the router.

 

If you reboot the router the telnet session is disabled.
This is a tool that sends a tcpframe enabling telnet for this session and requires your network specific info to enable. Anyone within your network can enable this.

 

Thanks for all of the info. I am obviously not very familiar with the subject.