
[Network Time Protocol (NTP)](/network-time-protocol-ntp) is a clock synchronization protocol used to synchronize the chronometers of network devices. In general, it does not behave as expected when it is employed within [emulators](/how-to-practice-labbing-best-practices).  For this reason, it is best to test and practice configuring NTP on real hardware to experience exactly how it is expected to behave.

## Links

https://networklessons.com/ip-services/troubleshooting-ntp

https://networklessons.com/system-management/cisco-network-time-protocol-ntp

NTP Limitations on Emulators

Multicast PIM sparse mode

Multicast PIM sparse-dense mode

Multicast PIM what triggers an assert forwarder election

Multicast PIM with multiple RPs

Multicast PIM with multiple mapping-agents

Multicast PIM-assert forwarder election

Multicast SPT and RPT

Multicast bidirectional PIM advantages

Multicast boundary filtering - filter auto RP

Multicast enabling Bidir in BSR mode

Multicast ip pim autorp listener

Multicast ip pim rp-address override

Multicast load splitting across equal-cost paths

Multicast local subnetwork address range

Multicast mapping IP to MAC addresses

Multicast mapping agent IGMP membership report

Multicast ping on a Nexus device

Multicast using Anycast RP with Auto-RP and BSR

Multicast

NAT - Translation Table

NAT - Twice NAT

NAT - Understanding debug nat detailed output

NAT - Virtual Interface (NVI)

NAT - What is Policy NAT

NAT - add-route keyword

NAT - ip nat inside destination

NAT - ports used for translation

NAT - show NAT translations

NAT - translate address not directly connected to edge device

NAT Order of Operation

NAT Translation Misses Counter

NAT Traversal (NAT-T)

NAT address naming conventions

NAT and IPv6

NAT how port numbers are chosen when using PAT

NAT intra-VRF NAT

NAT port forwarding - specifying outside IP address

NAT prefix-length keyword on nat pool command

NAT vrf-aware

NBAR classifies only established sessions

NETCONF

NHRP - Authentication

NHRP - Destination Protocol Address

NHRP - Holding Time

NHRP - resolution redirect from hub

NHRP show ip nhrp flags

NHRP

NIC Promiscuous Mode

NTP - securing with MD5 authentication and a Windows NTP server

NTP poll interval

NTP server and client and the master command

NTP troubleshooting and debugging tools

NTP versions 3 and 4

Native VLAN Best Practices

Native VLAN Tagging Configuration on Cisco Switches

Native VLAN Tagging

Native VLAN Traffic Flow on Trunk Ports

Native VLAN

Native VLANs and untagged frames

NetFlow - Flexible NetFlow

NetFlow - Flow Samplers

NetFlow - applying to an SVI

NetFlow - what is a flow

NetFlow local cache size

NetFlow

Network - BUM Traffic

Network - Discontiguous or Discontinuous

Network - Discontiguous

Network - Example of communication, encapsulation, and decapsulation, between hosts

Network - Layer 3 network

Network - Monitoring multiple IPs of a single device with Observium

Network - Observium vs LibreNMS

Network - Simultaneous network traffic handling

Network - Transient traffic

Network - Two Way Active Measurement Protocol (TWAMP)

Network - control plane

Network - data plane

Network Address Translation (NAT)

Network Collisions

Network Design - Choosing a technology for multiple datacenter topology

Network Design - Load Balancing vs Load Sharing

Network Design - Spine and leaf architecture

Network Design - Switch oversubscription ratios

Network Design - Traffic Engineering

Network Design - on-premises and off-premises

Network Design Achieving Redundancy with PE Devices

Network Design Considerations Involving PE and P Routers

Network Flapping

Network Management Areas

Network Speed, Bandwidth, and Throughput

Network Time Protocol (NTP)

Network Tunneling

Network design - confine VLANs to as few access switches as possible

Network planes

Networking - Understanding Chassis devices

Networking - what is a socket

Networks - Overlay Network

Networks - Overlay Transport Virtualization (OTV)

Networks - Spanning Layer 2 networks across remote sites