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		M6WIQ on Jan 20, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: What's that touchscreen in my room? The name of the company (Netthings) seemed familiar with me, turns out I had read an blog article regarding the hardcoded NTP servers that they used in their devices being firewalled off and therefore losing time sync. Article: https://strugglers.net/~andy/blog/2018/12/24/the-internet-of... It also appears that they went into liquidation in 2018, so good luck getting any support with that device from them!

justusthane on Jan 20, 2024 | [–]

That makes the “ DATE & TIME ARE ALWAYS CORRECT AND NEVER NEED TO BE ADJUSTED” from the manual even better!

laplab on Jan 20, 2024 | [–]

This is absolutely amazing, thank you for sharing that! I have added the link in the end of the article.

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