Understanding NTP
Time...what an important role it plays in our daily lives. From helping us measure how long it takes us to arrive at a destination or event to calculating how quickly athletes perform at the Olympic games. Time is simply the measurement between past, present, and future events.
Time is used to help us take account of an event. Timestamps are used on electronic devices, surveillance systems, and computer and networking devices to provide an account of when certain actions and events occur. On an enterprise network, it is critical to ensure proper timekeeping is maintained throughout the organization.
Why is timekeeping a critical factor on a network? Ensuring all devices are configured with accurate time is important for log and event management on an enterprise network. Events occur frequently on networks; in all the labs you've completed thus far, when you make a change on a Cisco device, a Syslog message is generated and presented on the console window...
