D-Link DWS-4026 [93/741] Configuring sntp settings

D-Link DWS-4026 [93/741] Configuring sntp settings
ConfiguringSNTPSettings
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DLinkUWSUserManual
ConfiguringSNTPSet tings
DLinkDWS4000SeriesDWS4000SeriesswitchsoftwaresupportstheSimpleNetworkTimeProtocol(SNTP).
SNTPassuresaccuratenetworkdeviceclocktimesynchronizationuptothemillisecond.Timesynchronization
isperformedbyanetworkSNTPserver.DLinkDWS4000SeriessoftwareoperatesonlyasanSNTPclientand
can
notprovidetimeservicestoothersystems.
TimesourcesareestablishedbyStratums.Stratumsdefinetheaccuracyoftheref erenceclock.Thehigherthe
stratum(wherezeroisthehighest),themoreaccuratetheclock.Thedevicereceivestimefromstratum1and
abovesinceitisitselfastratum2de
vice.
Thefollowingisanexampleofstratums:
Stratum0:Arealtimeclockisusedasthetimesource,forexample,aGPSsystem.
Stratum1:AserverthatisdirectlylinkedtoaStratum0timesourceisused.Stratum1timeservers
provideprimarynetworktimestandards.
St
ratum2:ThetimesourceisdistancedfromtheStratum1serveroveranetworkpath.Forexample,a
Stratum2serverreceivesthetimeoveranetworklink,viaNTP,fromaStratum1server.
InformationreceivedfromSNTPserversisev aluate dbasedonthetimelevelandservertype
.
SNTPtimedefinitionsareassessedanddeterminedbythefollowingtimelevels:
T1:Timeatwhichtheoriginalrequestwassentbytheclient.
T2:Timeatwhichtheoriginalrequestwasreceivedbytheserver.
T3:Timeatwhichtheserversentareply.
T4:Timeatwhichtheclien
treceivedtheserver'sreply.
ThedevicecanpollUnicastandBroadcastservertypesfortheservertime.
PollingforUnicastinformationisusedforpollingaserverforwhichtheIPaddressisknown.SNTPserversthat
havebeenconfiguredonthedevicearetheonlyonesthatar
epolledforsynchronizationinformation.T1
throughT4areusedtodetermineservertime.Thisisthepreferredmethodforsynchronizingdevicetime
becauseitisthemostsecuremethod.Ifthismethodisselected,SNTPinformationisacceptedonlyfromSN TP
serversdefinedonthedeviceusingtheSNTPSer
verConfigurationpage.
Broadca stinformationisusedwhentheserverIPaddressisunknown.WhenaBroadcastmessageissentfrom
anSNTPserver,theSNTPclientlistenstothemessage.IfBroadca stpollingisenabled,anysynchronization
informationisaccepted,evenifithasnotbeenrequestedbythedevice.Thi
sistheleastsecuremethod.
Thedeviceretrievessynchronizationinformation,eitherbyactivelyrequestinginformationorateverypoll
interval.IfUnicastandBroadcastpollingareenabled,theinformationisretrievedinthisorder:
•Informationfromserversdefinedonthedeviceispreferred.IfUnicastpollingisnotenabledorifno
se
rversaredefinedonthedevice,thedeviceacceptstimeinformationfromanySNTPserverthat
responds.
•IfmorethanoneUnicastdeviceresponds,synchronizationinformationispreferredfromthedevicewith
theloweststratum.
•Iftheservershavethesamestratum,synchronizationinformationisacceptedfromtheSNTPser
verthat
respondedfirst.

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