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NTP Service

 
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NTP Service

NTP Service
NTP Service
2024-04-22 00:45:07 - last edited 2024-04-23 02:53:44

Hello,

 

Could we get the option to add the ntp server/service to the Tp Link ER routers?  Making the router an ntp source for all other devices on the network. 

 

Thank you  for your consideration.

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Re:NTP Service
2024-04-22 01:40:56 - last edited 2024-04-23 02:53:44

Hi @papac0rn 

Thanks for posting in our business forum.

Not sure what else you expect. Please be clear about your description in the next reply if this reply does not help.

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Re:NTP Service
2024-04-22 10:48:13 - last edited 2024-04-23 02:53:44

 

Hi,

 

 Not just a DHCP option but we're the router has a configurable ntp server acting as a master clock to other devices on our network.  We want to configure it to sync time from the Internet and then provide that time to our devices on the inside networks.  Looks like Microtek released it in os7.  Cisco gear calls ntp master.  Firewalla takes it a step further and has something called ntp intercept.  Where the firewall intercept ntp requests and answers it on the firewall/router.

 

 

 

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Re:NTP Service
2024-04-23 01:51:30 - last edited 2024-04-23 02:53:44

Hi @papac0rn 

Thanks for posting in our business forum.

papac0rn wrote

 

Hi,

 

 Not just a DHCP option but we're the router has a configurable ntp server acting as a master clock to other devices on our network.  We want to configure it to sync time from the Internet and then provide that time to our devices on the inside networks.  Looks like Microtek released it in os7.  Cisco gear calls ntp master.  Firewalla takes it a step further and has something called ntp intercept.  Where the firewall intercept ntp requests and answers it on the firewall/router.

 

 

 

What would be the difference between them?

Do you mean the router is supposed to open its NTP port and the DHCP option is filled with the router IP? The router syncs its time with the upstream NTP and then as the referrer, it replies to the NTP from the LAN?

It looks like what you described and asked for. NTP is not available because the router is not a NTP server.

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Re:NTP Service
2024-04-23 02:15:58 - last edited 2024-04-23 02:53:44

  @Clive_A 

 

Hi,  yes I would like the router to have an ntp server built in.  It was a request/suggestion and they moved it to this forum.  As listed alot of other router perform this function today.  The router acts as a ntp server and provides the device in the inside lan the ntp.

 

Thank you for considering the suggestion. 

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Re:NTP Service
2024-09-18 05:36:28
The majority of the network vendors have this small feature. A router becomes a time 'reference' point (master NTP) for the rest of network devices. It is good to have but I guess it depends on the developer's consideration to make this available.
Alex Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia
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RE:NTP Service
2024-09-18 05:37:22
I support this request even though it is 'insignificant' but very common in all network products.
Alex Kota Kinabalu, Sabah Malaysia
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RE:NTP Service
2024-09-19 14:58:19
definitely something we see from other routers, a must-have.
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