vas Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Is there a method to sync time with a server I have and not use the built in options for xp? I want time to be sync'd with 192.168.1.199, which is another computer I have on my network. This possible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +BudMan MVC Posted December 6, 2011 MVC Share Posted December 6, 2011 and does your other server run ntpd or sntp? Personally if looking to sync time on your network I would look to using full blown ntp client and server vs built in stuff. You can grab windows server/client of ntp here http://www.meinberg....lish/sw/ntp.htm All of my clients sync with my time server on my network, be it windows/linux/freebsd or any other device that supports ntp. My server is even part of pool.ntp.org and provides time to anyone using pool.ntp.org -- not all of them of course its a pool ;) If looking to supply quality time services on your network, then the official ntp is the way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 stumper66 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 Open your services and make sure the 'Windows Time' service is started and set to automatic. Then open a command prompt and type: w32tm /Config /ManualPeerList:IPAddress_To_Sync_From /SyncFromFlags:Manual /Update Now I'm not sure if the above works on Windows XP Home. I'm sure it does with Pro. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 vas Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 @stumper66 that worked but from the sound of @budman the server still needs to be configured as to use sntp or ntdp or the client will be unable to sync the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Tikimotel Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 The stratum of the server also must be higher/better than the client(s) or else the "server" IP-address time will be ignored by clients. For example setting a windows machine (none server version) to act like the time-server (using registry settings) is not enough. You must "convince" other clients your server IP-address is better, either by setting the server to be a higher stratum ( via registry (dirty)), or by updating it's time regularly by using either a DCF / Atom clock device or a NTP synching software via the internet time-server pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 vas Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 It is running Server 2003 and the client is XP. Still reports "an error occured while Windows was syncronizing with <IP Here>". The servers time is set manually as well so its not sync'ing with an outside source, I set it manually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 vas Posted December 6, 2011 Author Share Posted December 6, 2011 You must "convince" other clients your server IP-address is better, either by setting the server to be a higher stratum ( via registry (dirty))... Dirty sounds ok by me. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 stumper66 Posted December 6, 2011 Share Posted December 6, 2011 On the server OS, use the following command: w32tm /config /reliable:yes /update Also if you have the firewall enable then enable the appropriate ports or disable it. Then stop and start the windows time service. Also as far as Tikimotel's post, I don't think that matters when you have manually configured the client to point to that server. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 +BudMan MVC Posted December 8, 2011 MVC Share Posted December 8, 2011 is this server a DC, and the the other machine a member of that domain. If so they will automatically sync with the time server you have setup for the domain. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042 How to configure an authoritative time server in Windows Server Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Is there a method to sync time with a server I have and not use the built in options for xp? I want time to be sync'd with 192.168.1.199, which is another computer I have on my network.
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