-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 24/03/2013 06:27, David J Taylor wrote: > > I'm surprised by how many "time-nuts" are not using the reference > NTP port for Windows, considering the many advantages it has over > the simple (non conformant and non-manageable) client built into > Windows). I made some notes here: > > http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/setup.html > > You can then use the same management tools (ntpq) and > configuration expertise you have on you UNIX, Linux, FreeBSD etc. > systems. Serial-port PPS devices are supported, allowing you to > make stratum-1 clocks on Windows with performances down to the > 100-200 microsecond level: > > PCs Alta Bacchus Feenix and Stamsund > http://www.satsignal.eu/mrtg/performance_ntp.php > > and with Windows-8, network synced PCs with offsets typically below > 250 microseconds even over Wi-Fi sync, PC Bergen: > http://www.satsignal.eu/mrtg/performance_ntp.php > > Cheers, David
+1 to this - on the Windows boxes I used to have running at a radio station (including playout machines, which needed good time synchronization) we ran Meinberg's NTPd port on all the machines and had no issues. That's with XP under a support contract, though - I suspect some people without said contracts via work etc will be hitting issues. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows/products/lifecycle#section_2 suggests end of extended support April 2014, though - so only just over a year until even businesses can't get updates. Happily migrated everything to Win7 or Linux now so no more headaches on that front here. If you've not looked into 7 and are on XP still, I do recommend at least considering a migration - 7 is stable now and will be supported at least until 2020, but I'd wager longer than that the way Windows 8 appears to be crashing and burning in the market. Cheers, James -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (MingW32) iEYEARECAAYFAlFO180ACgkQ22kkGnnJQAwfxwCfcZ9SJOE86Iw3J21e2yfKWGH9 upkAniM5ga/4e+96/mEGKVjpx4LMoSb+ =1d/u -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
