No time on UnitiQute2 after 4.3 firmware update

I mentioned this in passing before on another post but the problem is starting to really get on my nerves now.

If the UQ2 is on a static IP, it cannot get the time from NTP servers. It alternates between reporting errors on port 123 (which is open) and saying "No network connection" (which it has and can access web radio and UPnP sources).

For some stupid reason I cannot fathom, you have to switch it to DHCP (which gets an IP address in the same subnet) for NTP to work. I thought the solution was to get the time, then revert back to the static IP. But noooooo.

But of course, every time you switch it off for a long weekend away or lightning storms, it comes back with "No Time" again and am back to having to switch to DHCP after each power on, get the time, and then manually re-input the IP address.

Stuck a packet sniffer on the port assigned to the UQ2 on the switch and when in staic IP, there are simply no packets coming out of the box headed towards UDP123.

C'mon guys. was testing basic functions in DHCP and then static not in the QA test plan?