"cnoyes2" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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I'm trying to sync the time on 2 Windows XP computers that are not on
the internet and never will be. For testing purposes, they need to
have the same time. The time does not need to be accurate. What's the
simplest way to sync these computers?
I've done a lot of searching, but can't seem to find much about
computers not attached to the internet.
I've tried net time \\computer_ip /set /yes, but I get an access
denied error.
Thanks in advance.
Just some suggestions.... Install NTP on both computers:
http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/setup.html
http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/ntp.htm
Choose one as a reference, and be sure that the ntp.conf includes the
"local-clock" option. So on the master ntp.conf:
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server 127.127.1.0 # local clock
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Set the other to sync from the first, and tie it as closely as possible by
using the minpoll and maxpoll parameters. In ntp.conf on the slave, use
something like:
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server <master-ip> iburst minpoll 4 maxpoll 4
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See if that works well enough for you. There is something called orphan
mode which is designed for circumstances like yours, but I haven't used it
myself.
Cheers,
David
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