The NTP service automatically sets the FB6000's real-time-clock using time information provided by a Network Time Protocol (NTP) server. There are public NTP servers available for use on the Internet, and a factory reset configuration uses pool.ntp.org (see http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/NTPPoolServers for details on pool.ntp.org).

The NTP service is currently only an NTP client. A future software version is likely to add NTP server functionality, allowing other NTP clients (typically those in your network) to use the FB6000 as an NTP server.

Configuration of the NTP (client) service typically only requires setting the timeserver attribute to specify one or more NTP servers, using either DNS name or IP address.