The right time synchronization is very important while troubleshooting different kind of problems. Most network components have the option to synchronize their time with a time server on the internal network or the internet. This post shows how to configure NTP with the right time zone on Cisco and HP ProCurve components. The example configurations use the NTP servers from pool.ntp.org.
Cisco
clock timezone MET 1
clock summer-time MEST recurring last Sun Mar 2:00 last Sun Oct 3:00
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ntp server 141.40.103.102
ntp server 213.239.211.122
HP ProCurve
time timezone 60
time daylight-time-rule Western-Europe
sntp server 141.40.103.102
sntp server 213.239.211.122
timesync sntp
sntp unicast
sntp 720
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