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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Eliot Lear, Wetzikon, CH;
Assignee:
CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2013.01); H04L 61/2015 (2013.01); H04L 67/104 (2013.01);
Abstract
In an embodiment, a method comprises at a network device in an enterprise network, selecting one or more time servers used for establishing a timing reference according to a predetermined priority order of selection that begins with determining whether the network device is configured with information indicating one or more time servers to be used. A timing reference is established for the network device based on a selected time server.