[ntp:questions] Issues with w32tm on AD network

Martin Burnicki martin.burnicki at meinberg.de
Mon Mar 3 08:41:22 UTC 2008


Ryan,

Ryan Malayter wrote:
> Active Directory is completely dependent on DNS. In fact, an Active
> Dfirectory domain requires a DNS server that allows SRV records and
> dynamic updates to even function. Active directory is generally not
> used for name resolution (with a few exceptions, such as specifying IP
> ranges for AD sites to tweak the replication topology). Otherwise, DNS
> supplies the name resolution layer for all Windows domain operations.
[...]

As already mentioned I'm not very familiar with AD, I've just done some
basic tests with w32time vs. ntpd. So your comments make things much
clearer. 

Thanks, 

Martin
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Martin Burnicki

Meinberg Funkuhren
Bad Pyrmont

Germany




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