4000 Router Series Network Management and Monitoring Command Reference

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Syntax

ntp-service multicast-client [ ip-address ]

undo ntp-service multicast-client [ ip-address ]

Default

The device does not operate in any NTP association mode.

View

Interface view

Predefined user roles

network-admin

Parameters

ip-address: Specifies a multicast IP address in the range of 224.0.1.0 to 239.255.255.255. The default

is 224.0.1.1. A multicast server and client must be configured with the same multicast IP address.

Usage guidelines

After you configure this command, the device listens to NTP messages with the destination address as the

specified multicast address.

Examples

# Configure the device to operate in multicast client mode and receive NTP multicast messages on

Ethernet 1/1, and set the multicast address to 224.0.1.1.

<Sysname> system-view

[Sysname] interface ethernet 1/1

[Sysname-Ethernet1/1] ntp-service multicast-client 224.0.1.1

Related commands

ntp-service multicast-server

Use ntp-service multicast-server to configure the device to operate in NTP multicast server mode and use

the current interface to send NTP multicast packets.

Use undo ntp-service multicast-server to remove the configuration.