Newer hardware routers have internal clocks, so they don't revert to march 1993 on reload. Unless you are specifically setting your clock to an older date, it shouldn't be an issue.
Marvin Greenlee, CCIE #12237 (R&S, SP, Sec) Senior Technical Instructor - IPexpert, Inc. Telephone: +1.810.326.1444 Fax: +1.810.454.0130 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Progress or excuses, which one are you making? _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Meraz, Richard Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:20 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [OSL | CCIE_RS] Vol 1 Sect 8 and 9 Authentication I just finished the Vol 1 Section 9, and after doing RIP and EIGRP Authentication, and learning that the send-lifetime and accept-lifetime are required with 12.4, I was wondering if it a good idea to just use the March 1993 clock setting in case you mess something up when doing NTP that might affect your current clock setting and thus your authentication. Thanks, Rich
