The Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is a protocol for clock synchronization throughout a computer network with relatively high precision and therefore potentially high accuracy. In a local area network …

NTP is the abbreviation of Network Time Protocol and PTP is the abbreviation of Precision Time Protocol. NTP provides millisecond accuracy while PTP provides sub-microsecond accuracy.

This lesson explains how the precision time protocol (PTP) operates and how to configure this on Cisco Catalyst switches.

Jul 23, 2025 · Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is a protocol that promotes the synchronization of clocks throughout a computer network. This protocol is used to synchronize clocks of different types of …

Precision Time Protocol (PTP) is defined in IEEE 1588 as Precision Clock Synchronization for Networked Measurements and Control Systems, and was developed to synchronize the clocks in …

Apr 2, 2024 · Precision Time Protocol (PTP), defined in the IEEE 1588 standard, offers a solution for precisely synchronizing clocks throughout a computer network. Unlike NTP (Network Time Protocol), …

Jun 12, 2025 · PTP, or precision time protocol, is a powerful and flexible protocol that offers high-performance time synchronization for various applications that require precise and consistent timing …