There are circumstances in which you might want to stop Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP). Use this topic to find out how to do this in different situations.
Problem
You might want to stop SNTP for a variety of reasons. For example, you might want to stop SNTP if any of the following conditions arise:
Recovery steps
The method that you use to stop SNTP depends on whether you want to stop SNTP from starting when TCP/IP is restarted or if you want to temporarily stop SNTP for the current TCP/IP session. You might want to complete both recovery methods if you want to stop SNTP immediately and do not want it to start when TCP/IP restarts.