There are many NTP Servers on the internet that can be used and a useful place to find a NTP time server close to you is. When enabled and configured correctly, the router will automatically synchronise the Router’s time to the designated NTP server so that the time settings will remain updated.
In the RouterOS MikroTik system package, there is already a SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) Client feature that can be used to allow RouterOS to function as an NTP Client. Therefore no extra packages are required. MikroTik can function as an NTP server or as a NTP Client or even both simultaneously. We can use the NTP (Network Time Protocol) service which allows the router to synchronize time with other devices on the network. Although the date and time is likely to be roughly correct, the only way to ensure the datetime is really correct is to synchronise the internal clock to an external and more accurate time source. RouterBOARD hardware does not have a battery backed up Real Time Clock (RTC). Therefore when the router reboots the clock will be returned to the datetime last saved and will be then incremented every second but will however not reflect the actual current real date and time. On a regular basis, RouterOS saves the current date and time to disk. Time settings on the MikroTik Router can be done on the System> Clock menu. By default the time on the MikroTik Router is 00:00:00 on Jan/02/1970. Time adjustments can be made manually on the router using this menu. One example would be the script scheduler.Īny mismatch of time between the MikroTik Router and the real situation will result in the rule not running as required. In addition, the system logging on the router contains information about the time when that log entry was created, so it will be confusing to read time information that does not match the real situation.
Setting the time on a MikroTik Router on RouterOS v7 is absolutely necessary when you have implemented rules based on time parameters, such as where the rules are configured to run at a certain time.
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