Diagnosing Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) problems

Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) is a standard protocol used to synchronize system clocks on routers and computer systems throughout the Internet through a specific formatted message. The Simple Network Time Protocol Daemon (SNTPD) is a TCP/IP daemon that is used to synchronize time between a client and a server.

This topic describes how to diagnose problems with SNTP daemon and contains the following sections: