It's not, IMVHO, best practice to choose a particular machine with which to synch.
Try your country's two letter country code in pool.ntp.org - I use us.pool.ntp.org - or simply pool.ntp.org itself. It's a round-robin, of if one machine is down or off or suffering from a DDoS, you will get another. soon enough. Kurt On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 5:43 AM, David W. McSpadden <[email protected]> wrote: > > I am pointed here?? > tock.usno.navy.mil,0x1 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Doige, Clayton > To: NT System Admin Issues > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:18 AM > Subject: RE: Times > > Open a command prompt on your DC and type net time > > > > That'll tell you you're NTP source > > > > > > NET TIME > > [\\computername | /DOMAIN[:domainname] | /RTSDOMAIN[: > > [\\computername] /QUERYSNTP > > [\\computername] /SETSNTP[:ntp server list] > > > > From: David W. McSpadden [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 12 February 2009 13:11 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Times > > > > My users are complaining that all the computers are exactly 3 minutes off > from their cell phones. > > How do I check to make sure I have the Active Directory time pointed to the > correct time server on the net?? > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________________________________________________________________ > This electronic mail message and any attached files contain information > intended for the exclusive use of the person(s) to whom it is addressed and > may contain information that is proprietary, privileged, confidential and/or > exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any viewing, copying, disclosure or > distribution of this message or its contents may be subject to legal > restriction or sanction. If you have received this message in error, please > notify the sender immediately by electronic mail and delete the original > message and any attachments without retaining any copies. > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
