setting up w32time synch

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L. Beacom

Hello,

I am having a problem setting up the dc to synch time with an outside source
(ie. nist or usno). I've pinged the sites to see if they respond, they do,
the default port is opened, the sntp server is set the always start. I
kepted the default of "specialskew", and I still get an error messege in the
event viewer "NTP server didn't respond". I purposely set the servers clock
back by 5 minutes to see if it synchs up with one of the 3 sites I have
chosen to synch with and still the time has not changed. Can anyone help????

Thanks

LB
 
Try this IP

NET TIME \\<server name> /SETSNTP:192.5.41.41


I use this one successfully for Time Synch. Sounds like
you already have W32 Time set to show up in the Event
Viewer.

Mark,
 
Just some pointers to check. I have been through all of this cause my AD
wouldn't sync across sites.
It took me a few hours to get it right.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q257187

Option 1

Try this command: w32tm -once

This will go out to your external time server. It will show you what is
happening.

Make sure you stop w32time service first

Option 2

Use one of these time servers time.nist.gov, time-a.nist.gov or
time-b.nist.gov (yep, they are in US, but the +10/11GMT figures the correct
time. I have found some time servers aren't always available.

If you try the above, and turn off the w32time service and use w32tm -once,
then you should see "sending 48 bytes" then "receiving 48 bytes". Your time
should then be set. Turn on w32time and it is back to automatic..
 
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