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SmartWare Software Configuration Guide 
26 • SNTP client configuration
Introduction
This chapter describes how to configure Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) client, it includes the follow-
ing sections:
SNTP client configuration task list
Recommended Public SNTP Time Servers (see 
The Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) is an adaptation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP) that is 
used to synchronize computer clocks in the Internet. SNTP can be used when the ultimate performance of the 
full NTP implementation is not needed. SNTP is described in RFC-2030, “Simple Network Time Protocol 
(SNTP) Version 4 for IPv4, IPv6 and OSI”.
SNTP typically provides time within 100 milliseconds of the accurate time, but it does not provide the com-
plex filtering and statistical mechanisms of NTP. In addition, SNTP does not authenticate traffic, although you 
can configure extended access lists to provide some protection. An SNTP client is more vulnerable to misbe-
having servers than an NTP client and should only be used in situations where strong authentication is not 
required.
SNTP client configuration task list
To configure an SNTP client, perform the tasks described in the following sections. The tasks in the first four 
sections are required; the tasks in the remaining sections are optional, but might be required for your applica-
tion.
Selecting SNTP time servers (see 
Defining SNTP client operating mode (see 
)
Defining SNTP local UDP port (see 
Enabling and disabling the SNTP client (see 
Defining the SNTP client anycast address (see 
Enabling and disabling local clock offset compensation (see 
Defining SNTP client poll interval (see 
Showing SNTP client related information (see 
Debugging SNTP client operation (see 
)