Regarding the Network Time Protocol (NTP), if we have a Windows XP NTP server and the network has other Windows XP clients as well as Linux Redhat 9.0 clients, what is the process that we need to follow to be able to allow a manual clock change on the server to be reflected on all the clients? -- Inquirer300
>Regarding the Network Time Protocol (NTP), if we have a Windows XP NTP server >and the network has other Windows XP clients as well as Linux Redhat 9.0 >clients, what is the process that we need to follow to be able to allow a >manual clock change on the server to be reflected on all the clients? It's not really smart to set it up the way you have it considering the built-in time service will poll ntp.microsoft.com or your own preferred ntp server. A manual clock change happens by clicking the tray icon clock and setting it by hand. If the host server already HAS it's time service running, it will already be synched to ntp.microsoft.com in which case your client should be pointing to it as well, not your server. You are complicating your environment for no good reason. - Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]
=?Utf-8?B?aW5xdWlyZXIzMDA=?= <inquirer300@cfl.rr.com> wrote in news:16CB2866-B4E1-456B-843F-5F5362FF5BE0@microsoft.com: > Regarding the Network Time Protocol (NTP), if we have a Windows XP > NTP server and the network has other Windows XP clients as well as > Linux Redhat 9.0 clients, what is the process that we need to > follow to be able to allow a manual clock change on the server to > be reflected on all the clients? Given time, all clients should sync up with the server assuming they are properly configured to sync from the server. Clients usually check servers every 20 minutes to every 9 hours. I think XP Home is once/day. A lot also depends on how much your "manual clock change" differs from the current time on the client system. If the difference is too big, the client may not accept the change (look in your System Event Log). Also, the change will probably not take place instantaneously but skew in gradually over time. A lot of good information is presented here: "Windows Time Service Tools and Settings" <http/technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc773263%28WS.10%29.aspx> HTH, John
inquirer300 <inquirer300@cfl.rr.com> wrote: >Regarding the Network Time Protocol (NTP), if we have a Windows XP NTP server >and the network has other Windows XP clients as well as Linux Redhat 9.0 >clients, what is the process that we need to follow to be able to allow a >manual clock change on the server to be reflected on all the clients? The client's clocks will be reset the next time they query the NTP server. AFAIK (and I'm not an expert on this protocol) there's no way for the NTP server to tell all machines that might connect to it that its clock has been reset. -- Tim Slattery Slattery_T@bls.gov http://members.cox.net/slatteryt