Getting NTP Server to work on Asus RT-AC3200 in Access Point (AP) Mode

I just received my Asus RT-AC3200 today and immediately put it to work.  I have a Sonicwall Firewall in my home so my wireless access only needs to be access points.  It just so happens that Access Points with the features I was looking for are more expensive than buying a full blown router so I opted for the RT-AC3200 due to reviews.

After installation and configuration in AP mode I noticed that the date on the router was incorrect and the default NTP pool.ntp.org server was unreachable.  This really was unacceptable because all the log entries had a ridiculous date on them and any time based restriction rules would not work.

The setup page kept telling me that it had not synchronized with the NTP server but did not give any error code or reason it could not connect.

I corrected the problem by simply inputting the IP address of the NTP server (129.6.15.28) instead of the URL (time-a.nist.org) and to connection to the server was successful.  I found the list of time servers here: http://tf.nist.gov/tf-cgi/servers.cgi

I hope this can help someone else.

When will my kids care?

So the kids were out of school for two days because of weather.  Their teachers emailed them assignments for both days.  I worked both days but the kids stayed at home and they did NOTHING.  I got home tonight about six PM and found out all the homework they needed to do.......

Now it is 8:30 and they are maybe half way through their homework and I have had to threaten and beg for them them actually do it.  They don't seem to give a shit.

Very, very frustrating.