Zorlac
@comcast.net
|  SB6120 - Time is wrong
Resetting to factory defaults, restarting, etc. do not fix the problem.
Motorola says to get firmware updates from the ISP. My ISP (Comcast) claims they do not do firmware updates on modems.
Any ideas on how to fix the time? I am guessing it is a Standard vs. Daylight Savings Time issue.
I live in Spokane, WA USA.
Here is the info about my modem:
Model Name: SB6120
Vendor Name: Motorola
Firmware Name: SB6120-1.0.1.7-SCM00-NOSH
Boot Version: PSPU-Boot 1.0.0.4m1
Hardware Version: 1.0
Firmware Build Time: Mar 20 2009 17:48:45 | |
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EG
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Union, NJ
4 edits | Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong What is the time ?
Is it the default of 1970-01-01 00:00: something ?
Was it ever correct ?
The modem needs to talk to the T.O.D. (Time Of Day) server to be able to display the current and correct time.
The server may be offline, or for whatever the reason, the modem is not able to receive that information from it.
If you are indeed referring to standard vs. daylight savings time, modems can't differentiate that and will display standard time.
Either way, it is really not something to be concerned with other than having the correct time stamps on the error log entries.
In no way does it have any affect on connectivity.
said by Zorlac :
My ISP (Comcast) claims they do not do firmware updates on modems.
Whichever CSR told you that is totally clueless !!  | |
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jeffd10
join:2004-07-20
Panama City Beach, FL | Had comcast tech tel lme the same thing."They dont send out the firmware, the manufacture does:. | |
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EG
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1 edit | Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong said by jeffd10  :Had comcast tech tel lme the same thing."They dont send out the firmware, the manufacture does:. The initial/then current version is installed by the manufacturer when the modem is shipped from the factory.
Any updates are sent to the cable ISP's who BTW, may alter them somewhat and then install them via their network.
There is no way for the manufacturer, or for the end user to further update them directly. | |
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Mike Wolf
join:2009-05-24
Beachwood, NJ
1 edit | Not true, Comcast does.  The manufacturer sends the firmware to the service provider (Comcast) and the provider pushes it out to the equipment at thier disclosure. The manufacturer wouldnt have the ability to send it out to each customer anyway, and even if they provided a link on the website the end user (customer) has no ability to install it without voiding the warrenty. | |
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hussle87
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join:2008-01-06
Sykesville, MD | Just goes to tell you there is some really stupid people at comcast. | |
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EG
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2 edits | Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong said by hussle87 :Just goes to tell you there is some really stupid people at comcast. I don't think that "stupid" is the proper, or the correct term...
How about *ignorant* due to a lack of proper/thorough training ? | |
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madden2k5
join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA
 ·Cox HSI
1 edit | said by Zorlac :
I noticed that the time is wrong when I login to my Motorola SURFboard SB6120 via 192.168.100.1.
Resetting to factory defaults, restarting, etc. do not fix the problem.
Motorola says to get firmware updates from the ISP. My ISP (Comcast) claims they do not do firmware updates on modems.
Any ideas on how to fix the time? I am guessing it is a Standard vs. Daylight Savings Time issue.
I live in Spokane, WA USA.
Here is the info about my modem:
Model Name: SB6120
Vendor Name: Motorola
Firmware Name: SB6120-1.0.1.7-SCM00-NOSH
Boot Version: PSPU-Boot 1.0.0.4m1
Hardware Version: 1.0
Firmware Build Time: Mar 20 2009 17:48:45
Thats March 20th date is for when the firmware was released, and that the newest one they have out atm. Because im with Cox for my ISP, and that the lastest one they are pushing to the modem.
Anyways thats not your time and date. that just the modems firmware info page pretty much.
EDIT: The correct time and date will be on the main page which is the page that loads when you first load this page »192.168.100.1/ | |
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EG
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join:2006-11-18
Union, NJ
1 edit | Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong EDIT: The correct time and date will be on the main page which is the page that loads when you first load this page » 192.168.100.1/
My Moto SB5100 doesn't display it there.. | |
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join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA
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2 edits | Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong said by EG :EDIT: The correct time and date will be on the main page which is the page that loads when you first load this page » 192.168.100.1/ That may be so with your particular modem/version of firmware.. My Moto SB5100 doesn't display it there.. Uh correct me if im wrong... but we are talking about the 6120... and not the 5100. I know with the 6120 the time and date is displayed on the main page. | |
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join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA | Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong Lol if your worried about 30 seconds, then i feel bad for you. | |
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join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA | Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong Yeah.. I mean hell aint that why windows has a clock down in the corner for? or even hell on vista they have a bigger one in the top right corner if needed  | |
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djdanska
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| Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong said by madden2k5 :Yeah.. I mean hell aint that why windows has a clock down in the corner for? or even hell on vista they have a bigger one in the top right corner if needed Or your cell phone, your vcr, your cable box, watch, clock on the wall, microwave, tv guide channel, etc.. If you have a hard time knowing the time, i think you need a new watch or clock radio!
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EG
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2 edits | said by madden2k5 :said by EG :EDIT: The correct time and date will be on the main page which is the page that loads when you first load this page » 192.168.100.1/ That may be so with your particular modem/version of firmware.. My Moto SB5100 doesn't display it there.. Uh correct me if im wrong... but we are talking about the 6120... and not the 5100. I know with the 6120 the time and date is displayed on the main page. I just stated a fact for comparison purposes, and to reinforce what I stated about not all makes and modems display it there. So your point is ??  | |
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join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA
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| Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong My point is.. the 6120 T&D info is on the main page, and your post had nothing to do with what he asked. All you did was bring up another model of modem, and we were not talking about it.
So until motorola does some kind firmware update to move this kind of info, and if they ever even do that on this model of modem. So until something like that happens, What i posted was only correct, and what you posted really had nothing to do with the question regarding the 6120 modem. | |
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EG
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join:2006-11-18
Union, NJ | Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong O'k. I give. You win alright !! Feel better now ?? | |
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join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA | Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong Lol?? Hey im not here to have battle with you, Just simply trying to help someone else out as much as possible. | |
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EG
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| Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong said by madden2k5 : Just simply trying to help someone else out as much as possible. So do I bud. And I do it here every day.. | |
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Zorlac
@comcast.net | I am looking at the main page for date and time. For instance, it currently says:
"Jun 14 2009 21:14:47"
It is 10:15 PM in WA state right now. | |
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| rendrenner
join:2005-09-03
Grandville, MI
| Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong Nothing to change. Your modem is correct. DST is pretty much meaningless for the modems. There is nothing they do that would depend on that time.
Comcast does push out the new firmware to modems but not at the customers request. Anyone at the call center would really not know anything about it. The modem will get it when its hooked up to the network. | |
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PGHammer
join:2003-06-09
Accokeek, MD
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| Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong Exactly. The CSRs would *usually* not know when a firmware change occurs (unless a firmware change is mandated due to a specific issue regarding a particular brand of cable modem, such as a new model), as the push is triggered by the network operations center (NOC) for a system/cluster/region. (Example: New firmware or updated firmware for the SB-5120 would leave West Chester, PA (Comcast Eastern Region NOC) for Manassas, VA (DC Metro Cluster NOC) and land in Capitol Heights, MD (NOC for Comcast of Prince George's County, MD, on Ritchie-Marlboro Road) before landing at my cable modem.) In fact, a NOC may actually *block* a firmware update (at the system or cluster level); however, the NOC operations director must sign off on it. (In short, there had better be a good reason for the HALT sign going up.) | |
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tshirt
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join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
·Comcast
| said by Zorlac :
Any ideas on how to fix the time? I am guessing it is a Standard vs. Daylight Savings Time issue.
Nothing to fix. Daylight savings being a artifical and highly variable as to where it's applied, on a nationwide/worldwide. network it would add confusion.
It does not effect your throughput in anyway. | |
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| neil0311
join:2005-07-24
Marietta, GA
2 edits | Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong said by tshirt :Daylight savings being a artifical and highly variable as to where it's applied, on a nationwide/worldwide. network it would add confusion. Most products reference time via UTC (zulu time) and then take an offset to that based on the time zone. Each time zone has a well known and specific offset based on the date. Operating systems and a host of phones and other devices navigate this properly. Not that difficult to do. | |
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tshirt
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join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
·Comcast
| Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong said by neil0311 :said by tshirt :Daylight savings being a artifical and highly variable as to where it's applied, on a nationwide/worldwide. network it would add confusion. Most products reference time via UTC (zulu time) and then take an offset to that based on the time zone. Each time zone has a well known and specific offset based on the date. Operating systems and a host of phones and other devices navigate this properly. Not that difficult to do. That is correct, and makes sense for individual computers, O/S's, phone etc. where the correct current local time is of interest to the user, and worth the extra code.
However for a modem, with limited memory/processing, which is not intended as a timekeeping device, it is a very low priority.
Further, when an network engineer is tracing a problem from point A to B...Z, they shouldn't need to know your exact local time zone/DST status (examples would be Arizona or Indiana where you could be across the street from another timezone which may or may not use DST) all they need to know is the standard offset for the NOC/CRAN of each point, it makes finding 1 or more transactions occuring at a given time, out of the billions that are logged much easier. | |
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wanger
join:2008-04-20
Reading, PA | My question is, who has that much time on their hands to be concerned with a modem keeping the correct time as long as it is working? | |
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Zorlac
@comcast.net
| It really is not that big of a deal to me either. I just simply learned yesterday how to access my modem and was curious how to upgrade the firmware. I noticed the time being wrong and figured it was a bug.
Anyways, I have talked to 3 people at Comcast now and they all claim that they do not do firmware updates.
I give up haha. I am guessing they dont want people hacking modems and this is why user updateable firmware is not allowed. | |
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| madden2k5
join:2009-04-09
Portsmouth, VA
·Cox HSI
| Re: SB6120 - Time is wrong said by Zorlac :
It really is not that big of a deal to me either. I just simply learned yesterday how to access my modem and was curious how to upgrade the firmware. I noticed the time being wrong and figured it was a bug.
Anyways, I have talked to 3 people at Comcast now and they all claim that they do not do firmware updates.
I give up haha. I am guessing they dont want people hacking modems and this is why user updateable firmware is not allowed.
Well your modem has the lastest firmware update, like i said before i have same modem, and thats the same firmware its running. Hell the firmware was released only march 20th, so its only been a few months, and the modem is around a year old.
Btw comcast may say they don't do firmware updates, but thats a lie because the modem companys supply them with them, and they(your ISP) sends them to your modem. | |
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mustang46
join:2005-05-06
Roseville, MI
1 edit | here's mine...taken about 3 mins ago
Time is correct. | |
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Zorlac
@comcast.net
| Thanks everyone! I learned a wealth of info here. For example, I learned how to check my config file via DHCPForce to make sure I am getting the service tier I am paying for (currently trying out "Ultra" via a special promo price). Very good info on these forums. I should sign-up! | |
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