WESM zl Management and Configuration Guide WT.01.28 and greater

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Configuring the ProCurve Wireless Edge Services zl Module
Enabling Secure Network Time Protocol (NTP)
■ Host Mode—the Wireless Edge Services zl Module’s mode:
client—The module is associated with a resource which operates i n se rv er mo de.
The module polls the server, but does not respond to polls from the server. If the
server sends valid NTP packets, the module may synchronize with it.
server—The module allows itself to polled by clients that want to synchronize
with it. The module does not poll the clients.
active—The module is in a peer association with the NTP resource. That is, both
the module and the other resource can send and respond to polls.
■ Peer Mode—the mode of the other NTP resource in the association
The peer might operate in any of the modes described for the host mode. If the
mode is “unspec,” the Wireless Edge Services zl Module cannot reach the peer.
■ Host Poll—the maximum interval between successive polls received from the
remote resource. To find this interval in seconds, subtract 1 from the value listed
and raise the new value to the power of 2. For example, if the value is 7, the
maximum interval in seconds is 64.
■ Peer Poll—the maximum interval between successive polls sent to the remote
resource. The interval in seconds is calculated from the value shown as described
for the host poll.
The Details screen also shows timestamps for the most recent NTP exchange:
■ Reference Time—the time at which the local clock was last set or corrected, in
64-bit timestamp format.
■ Org Time—the origination time at which the request departed the client for the
server, in 64-bit timestamp format.
■ Receive Time—the time at which the request arrived at the server, in 64-bit
timestamp format.
■ Transmit Time—the time at which the reply departed the server for the client, in
64-bit timestamp format.
By tracking timestamps for all NTP exchanges, the Wireless Edge Services zl Module
calculates the following:
■ Root Delay—a 32-bit signed fixed-point number indicating the total round-trip
delay to the primary reference source, in seconds with fraction point between
bits 15 and 16. Note that this variable can take on both positive and negative
values, depending on the relative time and frequency offsets. The values that
normally are displayed in this field range from negative values of a few
milliseconds to positive values of several hundred milliseconds.