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What is Network Time Protocol (NTP) ?

April 26, 2017Network NTP Protocol time

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What is Network Time Protocol (NTP) ?

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A. NTP is a standard method for synchronizing clocks among various computers on a network. It operates in a hierarchy where a primary (stratum 1) server has a highly accurate time reference, such as a global positioning service (GPS) receiver or an atomic clock, and other machines derive their clock settings from it across the network. Systems connected to such a hierarchy typically have clocks accurate to within a small fraction of a second. Cisco MeetingPlace implements NTP Version 3, which is defined in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) specification RFC-1305 . Cisco MeetingPlace also works with Version 2 (RFC-1119 ), Version 1 (RFC-1059 ), and Simple NTP (RFC-2030 ) servers. For more information, refer to the NTP home page .