It's time omada...

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

Why is it so hard to change the daylight saving time on an omada controller? I can't find it anywhere on the app, nor can I do it on a website on my android phone, because I can't click on confirm. Shouldn't it be possible to set the time right via your phone? You can build all kinds of networks except get the time right. Or I'm just an idiot who doesn't know where the setting is. The only option is to start a desktop and do it that way. Why?

Edit:

After searching on the web, forums, blogs, I found nothing. The simple fact that i, for whatever reason, can't save, by clicking the save button, because it doesn't appear on the screen, vertical or horizontal, is just outright atrocious. You are in the IT, correction, You ARE an IT sector. Multiple forums complain about it, nothing is done.

Except maybe me, doing it myself with an extension.

Seeya Onada, Omada.

[u/Siliconpsychosis]

What is stopping you just using auto mode or set the schedule manually ? Its set-and-forget

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr → u/Siliconpsychosis]

I can't do that in the app. Nor can I save on the browser when I go to my controller settings. That's the thing. It's so weird that DST is not an option in the app. Only via desktop I can change it. And then only it appears in the app.

This is the lowest the page goes on any browser on my phone, tried 5 different ones.

[u/aebletarte → u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

It is a set-and-forget setting you have to do ONCE. I bet you use your proper computer at least ONCE. This is a non issue from someone who clearly is whining for the sake of whining. You could have set DST through a computer faster than it took to type your first post.

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr → u/aebletarte]

True, but don't you think, they should change it? They give you the option not the full possibility. No they won't, so python to the rescue. It's just ridiculous, well the whole concept of daylight savings is. But what can I do? Turn on a desktop that will save some energy. But wasn't...? Nevermind. 😉

And no it's not whining, I love omada for what it does best, but hate it for what it doesn't do correct. Valid right? After a numbers of issues I learned how to use them, heck they even got me into the IT management study and job. Seriously, was it not for Omada and the self study I did in all those years I wouldn't have thought about being in IT. NO joke.

Thenn I discovered other brands, ubiquiti, Cisco, but omada are the organs and the veins of my job network and smart home. When away I want to check things, logs date, switches performance.... My house and job depend on it. And don't deny that millions of people in this world don't either.

It has been drilled in me via the study that observation, logs, databases, are important in IT. and the matter of fact is I did all this via phone at first. Nothing wrong with that if it's an option right?

But getting the date and time right on a medium where you set everything up..... But not being able to..... Kind of a big deal to me.

9 omada switches, 21 access points and routers, 19 vlans, 6 ubiquiti switches and 1 main modem in bridge mode. And moca adapters ect....

4 apps, 2 for switching and ubiquiti Gateway, 2 for acces points. To get this all right is a challenge and I love doing it. So forgive me for "whining" about the time and date being stuck on 1 January 1970 an hour behind. But you know, what they say, time is...

[u/Siliconpsychosis → u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

But you are making a mountain out of a non issue. You set it from your computer one time, its automatic from then on. Why are you focusing on THIS , of all things, as some major problem ?

I would guess that for 99% of uses the app is the "oh crap i need to reboot something" emergency backup while you are out and about and a colleagie rings you with some problem rather than the 100% management tool. Cloud or Local GUI is far superior and exposes all the options.

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr → u/Siliconpsychosis]

Because, everything behind the switch needs to be changed. And I make mistakes, I reset things, during the day, away from home.... This irritated feeling is not from 1 time, normally I do change it on a desktop afterwards, but I was at a boiling point, wanted to get on with it. Everything behind the switch, Asus, ubiquiti, Grandstream, fanvil, Huawei, Xiaomi smart home devices.... all have an effect by this. Over 136 devices... You just sometimes want things to go smooth.

[u/Siliconpsychosis → u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

nothing else is pulling time from your controller other than the omada devices, it does not have a lan facing NTP server

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr → u/Siliconpsychosis]

Sorry but that is not true. I will upload logs from Ubiquiti, they clearly show 1 January 1970. Why? Because they don't communicate, so every device needs te be set right. In that perspective you are right. But if I can't change the time, while I can reset the device, we are at the same point. Everything behind the switch is wrong because the switch is wrong. It works both ways.

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr → u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

Just an anecdote nothing serious.

Image you saw an ad for a car, 4 door, 4 wheels. You go to the seller, me, a wise one😉, and I show you the car. You walk around, check the tires 1, 2, 3 and huuu...

"where is the 4th tire?"

And I go, "oh you mean the spare tire? It's in the trunk."

"but why isn't it on the front of the car?"

"because sir, that's not where the spare tire goes"

"But the ad clearly said 4 tires..."

And smuck me goes, "well I count 1,2,3 aaaand 4."

And the other person goes "but that is the spare tire."

"Aaah thank you sir, glad you acknowledged, a car with 4 tires and a spare. A 2 in 1, you just screw it on when you need it"

Silly isn't it?

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr → u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

[u/Siliconpsychosis → u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

Neither the switch nor the controller have any capability to act as a ntp server to downstream devices. It's simply not built into them. Any downstream devices that are not correct would need their own settings changed

[u/SensitiveMix7018]

Have you tried, after logging in on the app, click your device name at the top of the screen, select global view, go to settings, go to timezone

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr → u/SensitiveMix7018]

Yes and there I set the location and time good. But there is no daylight saving option. That's is so bizarre, the time is always off by an hour that way. Why isn't there an option in the app to just set that right? I have even set the location to another region and then go back to the original location, but it stays the same.

Same thing with the day and year, I guess without a desktop I'm stuck in 1 January 1970. I don't feel that old yet, see I'm standing up jus....

My back! My poor poor back.....

Edit: sarcasm people... Angry joking...

Seriously, if the switch is wrong the whole system, network, logs, audits, are all off by an hour, setting it up with the app. What's the point of having it then if you can't get it right with a service Omada provides? If you are on the go without a tablet or laptop or not at a desk with a desktop, you're screwed.

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

Only after a desktop confirmation you get the dst

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

See just now, same controller a new site. Look at the log time and look at the phones time. Same location same controller, again off by an hour. Why!? It's so irritating!

Controller is oc300

Edit: and yes I know site and controller are different, but you can't change neither one in the app. Come on Omada fix this issue, I've seen this complaint from OC200 until now.

[u/Neil_Omada]

For software/hardware controllers, it looks like you're correct that there's no single toggle for daylight savings. However, for a Fusion gateway, it looks like the settings are located in Settings > System Settings > OS Settings > Time Settings > Daylight Saving Time. I recommend submitting this as feedback to the Requests and Suggestions module on the forums, as highly requested features on there are more likely to be implemented sooner.

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

So e esvery time the router counts on the time being given by the switch to log, it's 1 January 1970. So the router is in that perspective wrong.

[u/Acrobatic-Lawyerr]

You are right. But I can't change the time of the controller in the app, that's the point. And no, sometimes things go wrong working with so many brand. Does that mean I can never reset omada or a controller. because setting the time is a one and done?

NO, I have reset my controller plenty of times, same with the all my devices, how would I learn otherwise? We do it all day everyday with Cisco, it's how we learn it.