Chapter 15

IP Services

This chapter covers the following subjects:

  • Time Synchronization: This section describes the need for synchronizing time in an environment and covers Network Time Protocol and its operations to keep time consistent across devices.

  • Precision Time Protocol (PTP): This section describes a newer high-precision distributed time synchronization protocol that is used to synchronize clocks across an Ethernet network.

  • First-Hop Redundancy Protocol: This section gives details on how multiple routers can provide resilient gateway functionality to hosts at the Layer 2/Layer 3 boundaries.

  • Network Address Translation (NAT): This section explains how a router can translate IP addresses from one network realm to another.

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