Contents

SNTP Configuration                                                                                          2

1. Introduction                                                                                             2

2. Configuring SNTP in CLI                                                                           2

3. Configuring SNTP in Web GUI (WP6012, WX7028, WX7052)                3

SNTP Configuration

1. Introduction

The Simple Network Time Protocol or SNTP is based on the TCP/IP protocol suite. It is an application layer time protocol, part of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) base protocol. Along with NTP, SNTP communicates using the User Datagram Protocol (UDP). By default, UDP port 123 is used. It is based on the client-server structure, in which the client individually obtains the time information from a selected time server in the same network.

2. Configuring SNTP in CLI

In CLI enter the following commands to configure SNTP on the switch:

Switch>enable

(Note: You must enter into the privileged mode using ‘enable’ command in case you are using the Telnet option to access the switch.)

Switch#configure terminal

Switch(config)#sntp enable

Switch(config)#sntp server 10.0.0.1

Switch(config)#sntp interval 120

Switch(config)#sntp time-zone +5.30

Switch(config)#exit

Switch#write

To disable the SNTP protocol, the following command is to be used.

 Switch(config)#sntp disable

The following command is used to check the current SNTP configuration on the switch.

Switch#show sntp

3. Configuring SNTP in Web GUI (WP6012, WX7028, WX7052)

Access the web GUI, navigate to SYSTEM → SNTP Configuration. Enter the Server IP addresses, set the SNTP synchronization Time Interval in seconds, set the Time Zone where the switch is located, Enable SNTP Protocol and click ‘Apply’ to save the configuration.