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350-401 · Question #722

What command can you enter on a Cisco router so that it can both poll a time server and be polled by a time server?

The correct answer is D. ntp peer. To enable a Cisco router to both synchronize its time from a remote NTP server and provide time synchronization to that same server, a symmetric NTP peering relationship must be configured.

Submitted by olafpl· Mar 6, 2026Infrastructure

Question

What command can you enter on a Cisco router so that it can both poll a time server and be polled by a time server?

Options

  • Antp server
  • Bntp broadcast client
  • Cntp broadcast destination
  • Dntp peer

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • C
    4% (1)
  • D
    96% (23)

Why each option

To enable a Cisco router to both synchronize its time from a remote NTP server and provide time synchronization to that same server, a symmetric NTP peering relationship must be configured.

Antp server

The `ntp server <ip-address>` command configures the local router as a client that polls the specified server for time, but it does not enable the local router to be polled as a time source by that server.

Bntp broadcast client

The `ntp broadcast client` command configures the router to passively listen for NTP broadcast messages, which does not allow it to be polled as a time server.

Cntp broadcast destination

The `ntp broadcast destination` command configures the router to send NTP broadcast messages, not to receive polls or form a symmetric peer relationship.

Dntp peerCorrect

The `ntp peer <ip-address>` command establishes a symmetric active peer relationship, allowing the local router to both receive time updates from the specified NTP server and provide time updates to it, enabling bidirectional synchronization.

Concept tested: NTP peer vs. server configuration

Source: https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/ios-xml/ios/ipapp/command/ipapp-cr-book/ipapp-n1.html#wp2423164404

Topics

#NTP#Cisco IOS NTP#NTP configuration#NTP peer

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