Connection

The page specifies how to contnect the time clients to the network in order to synchronize your local system clock. To access this "Connection" page, select the "Connection" item from the tree menu on the left side of the "Main window".

LAN or dedicated line

Select this item if you use the Net Time Server & Client with the LAN or dedicated line to synchronize your local system clock.

Dial-up networking

Select this item if you use the Net Time Server & Client with a dial-up modem or ISDN modem to synchronize your local system clock.

Connection name

Specifies the name of the Windows dial-up networking connection that will be used by the Net Time Server & Client.

Setup

Press the button to open the connection properties dialog box in order to modify the dial-up settings for the dial-up-networking that is specified above.

New

Press the button to open the new connection wizard dialog box in order to create a new dial-up-networking connection entry.

Automatically establish connection

Checking the box allows the Net Time Server & Client to check if the dial-up networking connection that you specified above is active when synchronizing with an external time server, if this connection is inactive, the Net Time Server & Client will automatically dial up this connection.

Use default username and password

If the box is checked, when the dial-up-networking connection that's specified above is automatically established, the default username and its password that they are associated with this dial-up-networking connection will be used.

Use specific username and password

Checking the box allows you to specifiy an username and its password in order to automatically establish the dial-up-networking connection that's specified above.

Username

Specifies a user name that's used to automatically establish the dial-up-networking connection that's specified above.

Password

Specifies the user password that's used to establish the dial-up-networking connection that is specified above.

Prompt for a username and password

If the box is checked, before the dial-up-networking connection that's specified above is automatically established, the "connect to" dialog box will be poped up. In the dialog box, you can enter an username and its password to instead of the default or specific username and its password in order to establish this dial-up-networking connection.

Automatically disconnect

Checking the box allows the Net Time Server & Client to automatically hang up the dial-up-networking connection that's specified above after the synchronization operation has been completed.

Redial after a failed dialing

If the box is checked, the Net Time Server & Client will redial the dial-up-networking connection that's specefied above after a failed dialing. You may specify the number of times to automatically redial, and specify interval time between redial attempts.

Redial attempts

Specifies how many times to dial using the dial-up-networking connection that's specified above before the Net Time Server & Client gives up and no longer will dial the connection with out your input.

Interval (seconds)

Specifies how long to wait before attempting to connect again when you are unable to establish the dial-up-networking connection that's specified above.

Use an exists connection

If the box is checked, the Net Time Server & Client will use any existing connected dial-up networking connection to synchronize the local system clock with an external time server, and no longer to establish the dial-up-networking connection that's specified above if any connected dial-up networking connection is exist.

Apply the settings to online upgrader and online support dialog box

If the box is checked, when you click the "Apply" button to save these settings, they will also be saved for "Online upgrader" and "Online support" dialog boxes in order to search for new version, to download the newer version if it exists, and to submitting the support requests, feature requests and bug reports.

Apply

With this button you will accept and save current configuration.

Cancel

With this button you will cancel current configuration and rollback to previous one.

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