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Exercises

8.1 Using the snoop Command

This exercise demonstrates how to use the snoop command to check NTP data packets.

Estimated Time: 30 minutes

1.
Configure NTP as a broadcast time server.
2.
Configure an NTP client on another Solaris system and find out whether communication between these two is taking place.
3.
Use the snoop command to display NTP packets traveling on the local network.
4.
Now, configure a Solaris host to poll an NTP client.
5.
Stop the NTP server and again use the snoop command to make sure that ICMP port’s unreachable packets are being sent by the NTP server when the NTP client polls the server.

Review Questions

1: Why is NTP used?
A1: NTP is used to synchronize system time on a host with ...

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