NTP and PTP training course description

This course looks at timing and synchronization as provided by NTP and PTP. Hands on sessions primarily involve using Wireshark to analyse the protocols.

What will you learn

• Recognise the importance of timing and synchronisation.
• Explain how NTP works.
• Explain how PTP works.

NTP and PTP training course details

NTP and PTP training course contents

• Introduction

Clock drift. Timing and synchronization. Importance in computing. Importance in broadcasting.

• NTP

NTP versions, v0 to v4. Architecture. The intersection algorithm. Accuracy. Clock strata, Stratum 0, 1, 2 and 3. Protocol modes.
Hands on NTP configuration

• More NTP

NTP packet header. Timestamps. Variables in the header. Clock synchronization algorithm. SNTP. The Windows Time service.
Hands on Wireshark and NTP analysis.

• PTP

PTP v2, IEEE 1588. Architecture. Accuracy. Synchronization with PTP. Offset and delay.
Hands on Analysing PTP packet flows.

• More PTP

Ordinary clocks, boundary clocks, masters and grandmasters. PTP specific switch types. Hardware time stamping. SMPTE ST2059-2. PTP packet header. PTP domains. Best master clock algorithm.
Hands on More Wireshark and PTP.

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