[ntp:questions] Synchronizing NTP in WAN and LAN

Richard B. Gilbert rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Fri May 23 14:26:10 UTC 2008


Deepak Pandian wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have a problem in synchronizing the time in LAN and WAN in our system.
> 
> Only one of my system is connected to the WAN and the other systems in
> the LAN get their time from the NTP server running in the main system.
> 
> I have two problems in this setup.
> 
> 1.The timeZone is always UTC in the LAN(Isn't it NTP's job to update
> timezone information?? )

No!  NTP deals in UTC only!  Your O/S is responsible for handling local 
time.

> 2. When ever the time zone is changed in the main system ,how to
> update it in the systems connected in the LAN.
> 

UTC ONLY!!!!

> Forgive me if I am absurd since i am new to NTP.
> 
> Regards
> Deepak




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