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Maintaining Precise Time On Your Computer by Utilising NTP Servers
By David Evans · 16 years ago
Computer servers and workstations have integrated real-time clocks that are based on simple, cheap, crystal oscillators. The real-time clock is battery backed and maintains system time even when the computer is switched off. However, crystal ...
Configuring An Authoritative Time Server On A Windows 2000 Server
By David Evans · 17 years ago
The Windows 2000 Server operating system includes a time synchronisation service called w32time or Windows Time. The service is installed by default and runs continuously in the service list. The time service is required by ...
Installing and Configuring NTP on LINUX
By David Evans · 17 years ago
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is an Internet protocol designed and developed to synchronise network time clients to an accurate reference clock. NTP defines a number of algorithms and specifies a message structure to pass ...
The Misuse of Network Time Server Systems
By David Evans · 17 years ago
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a standard Internet protocol for the dissemination of time around a computer network. The protocol operates in a hierarchical manner, each level or stratum serving the next level in the ...
Network Time Protocol or Simple Network Time Protocol
By David Evans · 17 years ago
NTP, or Network Time Protocol, is one of the oldest Internet protocols still in use today. It is used to distribute accurate time around the Internet and computer networks to network time clients. SNTP, or ...
How to use the GPS Clock
By David Evans · 17 years ago
The Global positioning System (GPS) is a US military system primarily intended for global navigation. The system provides highly accurate positioning information for navigation. The GPS system consists of a constellation of 24 orbiting satellites. ...
NTP Server Systems – The Network Time Protocol
By David Evans · 17 years ago
The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is utilised by NTP Server systems to distribute accurate time information to network time clients. The NTP protocol is widely used throughout the Internet to provide synchronisation of computers and ...