Time synch to a Windows 2000 box

[paul courry]

Our corporate Time Server is a Windows 2000 box which by default runs SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol).

Can (and should) I use this Windows 2000 server as my time source or should I punch through the firewall on port 123 to get an outside time source?

The application is a simple Warehouse Management System. Accuracy to 1 second is plenty good.

[T G Manikandan · Accepted solution]

Paul

check this

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x4b9093e260b0d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html


Thanks

[T G Manikandan]

Also check this

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0x5c53af48a9e5d5118ff40090279cd0f9,00.html

[paul courry]

Do you happen to know how to set up the Windows 2000 server as well? My understanding is that it uses SNTP as opposed to NTP.

[Volker Borowski]

What about a hardware solution ?

Like this:
http://www.quancom.de/quancom/quancom01.nsf/home_prod_eng.htm?OpenFrameSet&Frame=unten&src=http://www.quancom.de/qprod01/eng/pb/clock77_pci.htm

covers Europe, but I'll bet there are products/services for US as well.
Works even when your Internetprovider is down !

Just option 2
Volker

[Stefan Schulz]

Hi Paul,

you can use your Win2k box as a timeserver if you install additional NTP Service. As far as i know there is no tool for HP-UX available which syncronizes with the SNTP service.

Check http://www.ntp.org and see for the available win2k software.

Hope this helps

Regards Stefan

[Robert-Jan Goossens]

Hi Paul,

here is the doc.

Kind Regards,

Robert-Jan.