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The NTP software provided can act as a client, a server, or both at the same time. Timing information can be obtained from either one or more higher-stratum servers/clocks or the built-in GPS receiver. Related Article Tags: , , This article describes how Internet or Intranet based NTP servers can be utilised to maintain accurate time on a computer system. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , This article describes how to set up and configure an Authoritative Time Server in a Windows 2000 Server environment. It also discusses the hierarchical relationship at the heart of the service and provides some configuration hints and tips. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , Summary: The Global Positioning System offers a very accurate reference clock ideal for network time servers systems and computer time synchronization. Accuracies of a few nanoseconds can be reasonably achieved with relatively low-cost GPS receivers and antennas. This article describes how to utilise a low-cost GPS receiver in combination with the NTP software distribution to provide an accurate stratum 1 NTP server timing reference. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , This article presents an introduction to using the GPS system for computer timing applications. It describes the equipment that can be utilised to provide a precise time resource for computers and computer networks. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , This article discusses how to install and configure the NTP Server application on a Linux machine to synchronise time with an Internet based public NTP Server. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , This article describes available atomic clock timing references and their use in computer network time synchronisation and NTP time servers. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , This article describes various ways of keeping the time on your computer accurate. It also shows how to synchronise a computers system clock with a highly accurate reference clock. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
This article describes the security aspects of the NTP protocol and specifically using MD5 keys to authenticate a time server. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Many NTP servers utilise a high precision backup frequency generator to maintain time in the event of signal loss. This article describes the various precision frequency generators used by NTP servers and the price-performance issues. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , This article describes the differences between NTP and SNTP. The article also discusses when SNTP can be safely used in place of the full-blown NTP protocol. It also outlines the differences between a NTP server\client and a SNTP server\client. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , This article describes how to build and configure your very own stratum one NTP Server. By adding a low-cost GPS or radio time reference to your Linux machine, you can have your very own highly accurate time reference. Your NTP server can be used to synchronize all the machines on your network to the precise time. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , This article describes the Network Time Protocol and provides an overview of how NTP servers utilise NTP to provide an accurate source of time to network time clients. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , This article describes how the Global Positioning System can be used to provide a precise timing reference and provides an overview of the equipment required. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , This article describes how to debug a NTP server installation after compilation and configuration of the distribution. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , This article describes how to configure the Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon on your Linux server to synchronise with an Internet based NTP server. It also provides a list of well-know public Internet time references. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , This article discusses how GPS time server systems obtain precise timing information to provide a highly accurate timing reference for network time synchronisation. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , This article describes how to utilise the NTP security features to authenticate time references when synchronizing network time clients to a NTP server. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , , This article discusses how to configure the latest Windows operating systems to operate as a network time server. The article describes how to change the registry entries to configure w32time. Related Article Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
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