There is already an excellent win32 port of the ntp daemon. See http://www.five-ten-sg.com/ bottom left hand side of the page. I've been using this for quite a bit to sync NT4 servers and workstations.
It probably would work on 2000 as well, but I just use the "net /setsntp:" command for the DCs. Workstations and member servers sync to the DCs. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:57 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Time Sync You guys should probably write some. The NTPv4 code from Dr. Mills is open-source. Why not wrap a nice Windows GUI around that? -----Original Message----- From: Paul Patti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:39 PM Posted To: Exchange List Conversation: Time Sync Subject: RE: Time Sync My company builds the NTP servers (hardware) not the quality client software that I want to sync my network. -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:34 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: Time Sync Wait a minute... After checking, I see you work for a company that produces secure NTPv4 servers. Why are you asking us? Is this a market survey? -----Original Message----- From: Paul Patti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Thursday, August 15, 2002 2:56 PM Posted To: Exchange List Conversation: Time Sync Subject: RE: Time Sync The problem is that the Windows Time Service is a SNTP client. Besides being not a very accurate client, it isn't secure. I was thinking about a NTP v4 client because of the security features. Thanks Paul -----Original Message----- From: Ryan Malayter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:51 PM To: Exchange Discussions Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Time Sync The windows 2000 time service does this automatically. Just run net time /setsntp:time.berkeley.netdot.net on the Windows 2000 domain controller you installed first, and then restart the Windows Time service. All other windows 2000/XP machines in your domain will eventually (within a day or so) get the time from it, and keep in sync. The internet host in the command above is a stratum-2 time server in your general area. A list of these stratum-2 public time servers can be found at http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2.htm. Your ISP may or may not have an NTP server, and it may or may not be reliable, you might want to give them a call to find out. If you've got NT4 and Win9x clients out there, see the great info at http://www.ultratech-llc.com/KB/?File=/timesync.txt for info on syncing their clocks. HTH, -ryan- -----Original Message----- From: Paul Patti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Posted At: Thursday, August 15, 2002 1:05 PM Posted To: Exchange List Conversation: Time Sync Subject: Time Sync Hi everyone, What is everyone using to sync the time on servers and workstations? Thanks Paul _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
