Thanks Jared. I am planning deploy ntp source that will point to global NTP.
I am curious to know where service provider with mpls network position the NTP? Any best practices ? Regards On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 5:57 PM, Jared Mauch <[email protected]> wrote: > In this case you can sync to any other device or devices that are globally > reachable. Typically you can just use some IP that doesn’t often change, > e.g.: loopback. If you are running 100% of the network, you can also use > the ‘ntp broadcast’ and similar interface commands to listen/send this data > hop-by-hop. > > There’s lots of ways to do this, and not necessarily a ‘wrong’ way. > > - Jared > > On Nov 18, 2013, at 5:54 PM, Yham <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thank Jared, > > > > NTP is only needed to synchronize the logs so on event of failure, logs > from related devices can be correlated. > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Jared Mauch <[email protected]> > wrote: > > This all depends on what you need the clocking for. > > > > If you want just generic time for accurate logs? > > > > Depending on what you want to do, there's cheap NTP clocks like this: > > > > http://www.netburnerstore.com/product_p/pk70ex-ntp.htm > > > > For about $350 (including S/H in the US) you get a GPS clock. With the > right location/antenna you can get signal through some roofs. > > > > There's a variety of higher-end timing options depending on what you > need. > > > > - Jared > > > > On Nov 18, 2013, at 2:33 PM, Yham <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Guys, > >> > >> > >> In a SP environment where there are hundreds of PEs and P devices that > got > >> hundreds of customers VRFs, what is the best place to connect NTP > sources. > >> The place i can think of is connecting with VPNv4 Route Reflectors > because > >> they exist on top of hierarchy and so clock can travel downward from RR > to > >> PEs and P and from PEs to CEs and further down if required. > >> > >> Any thoughts on this please. > >> > >> Regards > >> _______________________________________________ > >> juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] > >> https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp > > > > > > _______________________________________________ juniper-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/juniper-nsp
