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NTP Administration Menu
To view the NTP Administration Menu, enter the ntadmin command at the system prompt. If
you are using verbose mode the NTP configuration menu is displayed. Otherwise, enter a
question mark (?) at the prompt to display this menu:
Command NTP Administration Menu
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ntptimeo set the primary receive time out
ntpdelay set the delay added to encryption time stamps
ntphost specify the host whose NTP server we talk to
ntppasswd specify a password to use for authenticated requests
ntpkeyid set keyid to use for authenticated requests
ntpkeytype set key type to use for authenticated requests (des|md5)
ntpdisable clear a system flag (auth, bclient, monitor, stats)
ntpenable set a system flag (auth, bclient, monitor, stats)
Related Menus:
Ntconfig Ntinfo Ntstats Ntadmin Ntaccess
The main menu options are shown in the Related Menus list for quick access if you need to
change menus.
Set the Primary Receive Timeout
The ntptimeo command allows you to specify the number of milliseconds the server waits for
a response to queries before the operation times out. The default is 8000 milliseconds. To
change the timeout, enter the ntptimeo command as shown:
ntptimeo <value>
where <value> is the number of milliseconds of the new timeout length. For example, to set
the timeout value to 3000 milliseconds, enter the following:
ntptimeo 3000
To view the current timeout setting with out changing it, enter the ntptimeo command with no
value. A message similar to the following is shown:
primary timeout is 6000 ms
Set the Delay Added to Encryption Time Stamps
The ntpdelay command specifies a set time interval to add to timestamps included in server
requests that require authentication. This can be used to enable server configuration over long
delay network paths or between machines whose clocks are not synchronized.
To set the delay time, enter the ntpdelay command as shown:
ntpdelay <value>
where <value> is the number of milliseconds of the new delay time length. For example, to
set the delay value to 30 milliseconds, enter the following:
ntpdelay 30
To view the current delay setting with out changing it, enter the ntpdelay command with no
value. A message similar to the following is shown:
delay 30 ms