[ntp:questions] Re: Time sync for WinNT4
Johnson Luqaz
jluqaz at streamyx.com
Tue Aug 30 06:06:58 UTC 2005
I don't know enough about ntp from meinberg...
Can we install and run ntpd from a command line without any fancy
installation programs / routines. Something like;
c:\program files\ntp\ntpd ntp.your.domain
thanks.
On Tue, 30 Aug 2005 11:07:16 +0800, Danny Mayer <mayer at gis.net> wrote:
> CBee wrote:
>> Johnson Luqaz wrote:
>>
>>> Dear Sirs, I have an office with 800 desktops running WinNT4 / Win2K
>>> / WinXP. I have installed ntp4 from meinberg, which was successful.
>>> I have tried it with several sntp clients from different sources on
>>> several PCs.
>> With M$WindowsNT4, Micro$oft supplied some ntp-software. I recall by
>> head it was either on the NT4 distribution disk or on one of the
>> support disks. Be noted, peek for 'ntp' in the directories of the
>> disks, not in the supplied index, you will not find it there.. I bet it
>> can be found somewhere on the internet too. It does a verry good job to
>> keep the time in sync, I recall by head it does genuine ntp, not
>> sntp....
>>
>
> No, Microsoft's current code does sort-of SNTP and it's still wrong. It
> is definitely NOT ntp compliant.
>
>> With M$Windows 2000 and upwards, you can use `net time
>> /setsntp:ntp.your.domain` (see `net time /?` for some options). This
>> does a reasobable job, however, the sync time can be up to a week...
>>
>
> This is like using ntpdate. It just queries the server and believes what
> it gets back. It does not try and make any decision about whether or not
> the response is reasonable.
>
>> If the machines are inserted in an M$Windows-domain, by default the
>> domainserver it hooks to is also used to sync the time.
>>
> Which is only as accurate as the domain server may very well be
> described as "not very".
>>>
>>> Now I am looking to synchornize the client PCs. Can anyone recommend
>>> windows commands to achieve this?
>>>
>
> You already have it when you used meinberg's installer to install ntpd.
>
>>> Otherwise, we have CA Software Delivery installed. Can anyone
>>> recommend a sntp client suitable for installation via Software
>>> Delivery with ntp server pointing to local server?
>>
>
> If you have that you might be able to use the instsrv to do a service
> install and put the config file in the right place.
>> As far as I know, the `net time /setsntp` is a one-time action that
>> puts the settings in the machines registry. It should be described
>> somewhere and should be easy to setup.
>>
> And not a reliable way of setting and maintaining time.
>
> Danny
>> CBee
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