logging shows an asterisk "*Jan 13 11:05:40: ...."

[christina_neo]

Hi,

Wonder if anyone has encountered an asterisk (*) when you do a "show logging" command on the switch.

e.g.

*Jan 13 11:05:40: %LINEPROTO-5-UPDOWN: Line protocol on Interface FastEthernet0/26, changed state to down

Please advise what does it mean?

Thanks

Christina

[ankurbhasin · Accepted solution]

Hi Christina,

"*" symbol means time is not authoritative: the software clock is not in sync or has never been set.

If you see symbol "." this means time is authoritative, but NTP is not synchronized: the software clock was in sync, but has since lost contact with all configured NTP servers

and if you do not see any symbol this means time is authoritative: the software clock is in sync or has just been set manually

HTH, if yes please rate the post.

Ankur

[dmozoher]

Thank you guys for sharing the knowledge this question haunt me for months now. Thank you Tim for passed onto me.

[katsu0103]

It helped a lot, but does anyone know where's the reference on this? I could not find the page:(

Thank you,

Katsu