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Address - IP address or domain name of the server
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Association Type - choices
- Server - most common - An NTP server is configured to synchronize NTP clients. Servers
will accept no synchronization information from their clients
- Peer - each device shares its time information with the other, and each device can also
provide time synchronization to the other
- Pool - a large virtual cluster of timeservers providing reliable NTP service such as
pool.ntp.org
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Enabled - Server enabled for use - check = True (DEFAULT)
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Iburst - perform burst synchronization check = True (DEFAULT)
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Prefer - Use as preferred server - check = True (DEFAULT)
Automatic set using GPS
If the radio contains a GPS module and is connected to a functioning GPS signal, by default, the radio
will sync time and date on the initial connection to the service.
From the CLI, the NTP settings on the Orbit can be configured:
% set system ntp use-ntp true mode ntp ntp-server time.nist.gov
To configure a SNTP server from the CLI, use the following command as an example;
% set system ntp use-ntp true mode sntp ntp-server server-address