Command Reference Guide

SROS Command Line Interface Reference Guide Global Configuration Mode Command Set

sntp server <address or hostname> version <1-3>

Use the sntp server command to set the hostname of the SNTP server as well as the version of SNTP to

use. The Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) is an abbreviated version of the Network Time Protocol

(NTP). SNTP is used to set the time of the Secure Router OS product over a network. The SNTP server

usually serves the time to many devices within a network.

Syntax Description

<address or hostname> Specifies the IP address or hostname of the SNTP server.

version Specifies which NTP version is used (1-3).

Default Values

By default, version is set to 1.

Command Modes

(config)# Global Configuration Mode

Usage Examples

The following example sets the SNTP server to time.nist.gov using SNTP version 1 (the default version):

(config)#sntp server time.nist.gov

The following example sets the SNTP server as time.nist.gov. All requests for time use version 2 of the

SNTP:

(config)#sntp server time.nist.gov version 2