Adding An Ntp Neighbor - Motorola WiNG 4.4 Reference Manual

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6. Click the Add
displayed within the NTP Neighbor tab.For more information, see

5.3.4 Adding an NTP Neighbor

To add a new NTP peer or server neighbor configuration to those available for synchronization:
1. Select Services
2. Select the NTP Neighbor
3. Click the Add
4. Select the Peer
subnet.
5. Select the Server
6. Select the Broadcast Server
The switch's NTP configuration can be defined to use broadcast messages instead of messaging between fixed NTP
synchronization resource addresses. Use a NTP broadcast to listen for NTP synchronization packets within a network.
To listen to NTP broadcast traffic, the broadcast server (and switch) must be on the same subnet. NTP broadcasts
reduce configuration complexity since both the switch and its NTP resources can be configured to send and receive
broadcast messages.
NOTE: If this checkbox is selected, the AutoKey Authentication checkbox is disabled, and
the switch is required to use Symmetric Key Authentication for credential verification with
its NTP resource. Additionally, if this option is selected, the broadcast server cannot be
selected as a preferred source.
7. Enter the IP Address
8. Select the Hostname
with a similar configuration.
9. Use the NTP Version
three and version four implementations of NTP are available. The latest version is NTPv4, but the official Internet
standard is NTPv3.
button to define a new peer or server configuration that can be added to the existing configurations
> Secure NTP from the main menu tree.
tab.
button.
checkbox if the SNTP neighbor is a peer to the switch (non FTP server) within the switch's current
checkbox if the neighbor is a server within the switch's current subnet.
checkbox to allow the switch to listen over the network for NTP broadcast traffic.
of the peer or server providing SNTP synchronization.
checkbox to assign a hostname to the server or peer for further differentiation of other devices
drop-down menu to select the version of SNTP to use with this configuration Currently version
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