Allied Telesis AT-UWC Series - Manual (Page 113)

Chapter 2: System
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Table 29. SNTP Global Configuration
Field Description
Client Mode Select one of the options:
 Disabled — Disables the SNTP client. This is
the default setting.
 Unicast — The SNTP client sends time
requests to the specified SNTP server. To set
an SNTP server, see “SNTP Server
Configuration” on page 117.
 Broadcast — The SNTP client listens for
broadcast messages and synchronizes the
system time to the clock of the SNTP server
that the SNTP client received the first
broadcast message from.
Port Specifies the UDP port number used to send time
requests in the unicast mode and receive broadcasts
in the broadcast mode. The default port number is
123.
Unicast Poll
Interval Specify how frequently the SNTP client sends time
requests in the unicast mode. The range is 6 to 10.
The default value is 6. The interval is 2 to the power
the number specified. The options are:
 6 — 64 (2 6 ) seconds
 7 — 128 (2 7 ) seconds
 8 — 256 (2 8 ) seconds
 9 — 512 (2
9
) seconds
 10 — 1024 (2
10
) seconds
Broadcast poll
Interval Not Supported.
Unicast Poll
Timeout Specify the time period in seconds for the SNTP client
to wait for a reply from an SNTP server. The range is
1 to 30 seconds. The default setting is 5 seconds.
Unicast Poll
Retry Specify how many times the SNTP client tries to send
a request to an SNTP server before sending requests
to another SNTP server. The range is 0 to 10 times.
The default setting is 1 time.