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alessandro2
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WRONG TIME FROM WHERE?

Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:44 pm

Hi all.

Yesterday I reset all my six SXT5s after a major reconfig.
At 15:28 UTC (pretty positive this was the actual time) I got this log entry from only one of the six radios:

Mar 28 15:36:41 radio1.xxxxxxx.xxx cloud change time Mar/28/2017-15:34:55 => Mar/28/2017-15:36:41

Why this eight minute shift ahead? I just checked: here and now the system clock is still eight minutes ahead after some 24 hours.
Where is the SXT picking the time from?
How can I set a different time-server (since I've one running inside the company LAN)?
 
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Re: WRONG TIME FROM WHERE?

Wed Mar 29, 2017 7:50 pm

I found the same thing. Go in IP -> CLOUD and uncheck the time sync there. Just use regular (s)ntp and adjust the system clock for the time zone. Should be ok.

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Re: WRONG TIME FROM WHERE?

Wed Mar 29, 2017 10:09 pm

The IP/cloud time has been very unreliable for me as well. Kind of a pointless feature if it's not in sync!
 
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Re: WRONG TIME FROM WHERE?

Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:38 am

Do no use it to replace NTP. The Cloud time is only there to apply rough time upon first boot, when there is no better time source configured. For most home users that just plug in a new router into their ISP.
 
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Re: WRONG TIME FROM WHERE?

Thu Mar 30, 2017 7:42 am

Such difference is a rough time?
LOL!
 
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SOLVED - Was: WRONG TIME FROM WHERE?

Thu Mar 30, 2017 12:34 pm

FIXED as suggested by AlainCasault
- disabled time sync in IP -> CLOUD
- configured NTP Client to point to LAN time server

A suggestion to Mikrotik staff (no polemic or controversial intentions):
CLOUD submenu label... sounds a lot marketing, but quite misleading...
I expect most of your clients to be seasoned networking professionals.
I don't know if it's just me... but I did not expect to find "time sync" (and DDNS) in "CLOUD".
To me CLOUD is a very different thing -- whatever that "thing" is :-)

Thanks to all.
Alessandro
 
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Re: WRONG TIME FROM WHERE?

Thu Mar 30, 2017 3:24 pm

It is a marketing "thing".
But indeed, there is no excuse for a "cloud" server to be 8 minutes off.
Install some time sync on the **** thing!
 
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Re: WRONG TIME FROM WHERE?

Fri Jul 28, 2017 5:22 pm

NVM several minutes, how about this

cloud change time Jul/28/2017-16:42:47 => Aug/06/2016-02:49:17

!!

Just seen this, I pressed forced update and it returned to

cloud change time Aug/06/2016-03:19:28 => Jul/28/2017-17:13:41

Several minutes off

Quite surreal to be honest

And why is this turned ON by default, just for the non savvy people ??

Hope this gets fixed!

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