[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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