On 09/09/2016 10:50 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 09/09/16 08:01, Tim wrote: >> Allegedly, on or about 08 September 2016, Bob Goodwin sent: >>> >I have an Asus RT-N66U running Tomato USB Shibby which has been >>> >working without any trouble but after some ISP problems recently I >>> >have managed to screw up the time offset. It should be -400 but has >>> >become +200 which makes it difficult for me to deal with Access >>> >Restrictions and reading logs. Other than that, time and the offset is >>> >correct in this computer. >> In one sentence you say the offset is wrong, in the next you say it's >> correct. Which one is true? Does it change? >> >> Have you gone into a time and date setting configurator, and set the >> timezone and time? > + > > Yes I even looked at that but the computer time is correct, UT with the > -0400 offset. The router has suddenly changed to UT + 0200 resulting in > a six hour error effecting time and date, the date change comes at 18:00 > my time. I've changed what needs to be set for the access restriction > times so they happen at the right time, the logs are difficult to read > since I have to keep adjusting my thought processes though ... > > I can probably reset the router and configure everything from scratch > but that's not something I enjoy doing. The problem occurred during > rebooting, the logged usage files need to be saved and reinstalled after > it starts, but that is done with a different set of files, a different > menu item than the .cfg configuration files. Hard to make a mistake. > > I had ISP problems and the ISP troubleshooting procedure requires a lot > of rebooting, that's how I got where I am. Normally there is no need to > re-install the .cfg files and unfortunately I did not have one to fall > back on as a result. > > I can ssh into the router and see it's files directly but I couldn't > find anything that looked like a candidate for me to change anything, > like the offset, and even so there is always a risk of turning the > router into a paper weight. It's the latest one I have and it can run > Tomato which I prefer to DD-WRT. > > So I figured I would ask on the chance someone would be familiar with > it, it's not critical, just annoying. If you can get at the files, see what the symlink /etc/localtime is pointing at. It should point at the appropriate file in /usr/share/zoneinfo, such as (for me) /usr/share/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles. Just a guess. I've not played with DDWRT > >> >> DHCP can be used to give a time-offset to a client, but I don't know >> whether any client actually makes use of the information. Though if >> being connected and disconnected produces different time results, that >> may be a pointer to follow up on. And you can put overrides in your >> DHCP client configuration for any DHCP server details you want to >> overrule, or to deal with missing parameters. > + > > The router is the dhcp server and that works fine, I assign static > addresses, there. >> Do you have a NTP client (or similar) running? > > + > > NTP uses the default Fedora system, goes to whatever pool they offer. I > quit fooling with that several years ago, it just works. > > > Thanks for responding, I appreciate that, > > Bob > -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Life: That which happens while you search for the remote control. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
