Configuring an External NTP Source with NetWare 5
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Posted: 12 Jul 2002 |
Using NTP to poll time from External Time source over TCP/IP is easy with NetWare 5.
1. If the server is a NetWare 5.0 server, then install Support Pack 5 or later. If the server is a NetWare 5.1 server, then install Support Pack 1 or later.
2. On the SINGLE or REFERENCE time server, load MONITOR.NLM | Server Parameters | Time, and change the following parameters
TIMESYNC Configured Sources = ON
TIMESYNC Time Sources = IP_address_of_Internet_time_source:123;
Where 123 is the NTP port on that time source.
Example: TIMESYNC Time Sources = 129.7.1.66:123;
3. Verify the Timesync configuration information has been updated / changed in the SYS:SYSTEM\TIMESYNC.CFG and SYS:SYSTEM\AUTOEXEC.NCF files.
4. At the console prompt, Unload TIMESYNC, Load TIMESYNC
Possible Internet Time sources:
- U.S. Naval Observatory
192.5.41.209:123; - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
128.115.14.97:123; - NASA Ames Research Center
ntp.nasa.com:123; - MIT
129.7.1.66:123; - NIST Central Computer Facility
129.6.16.36:123;
For more info, see TID 10011518
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