http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com PC's maintain time using internal real-time clock chips. These are relatively low cost devices that do not keep very good time. They can drift by seconds or even minutes each day. This can cause real headaches when events need to be ordered across a numbe... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/how-to-sync-a-network-using-ntp-1188106.html 20th October 2009 All computers maintain system time from an internal real-time clock chip. These devices are generally relatively low-cost and as a consequence tend not to keep good time. In fact, computers are notorious for providing inaccurate time and can drift by seve... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/how-to-synchronise-a-network-851452.html 09th April 2009 What is a time server? A time server is a device that utilises a single time source and distributes it amongst a network. This enables all machines on a LAN (or WAN) to be synchronised together. What is NTP? Network Time Protocol is a protocol ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/common-time-server-questions-660174.html 08th October 2008 Q. What is NTP? A. NTP - Network Time Protocol is an Internet protocol for time synchronisation, whilst other time synchronisation protocols are available NTP is by far the most widely used having been around since the mid 1980's when the Internet was st... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/ntp-time-server-frequently-asked-questions-647832.html 24th September 2008 Even when the Internet when was its infancy, with no more than a few computers connected together it became apparent that there was a need for time synchronisation. Computers are easily confused particularly with time which can only travel in one directio... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/ntp-time-server--the-art-of-synchronisation-626596.html 08th September 2008 Linux operating systems are becoming increasingly popular partly due to the many advantages they have over commercial systems like Windows or OS X. Linux offers increased security (as there are only a handful of viruses that can infect a Linux based syste... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/keeping-accurate-time-on-linux-running-a-ntp-time-server-586714.html 23rd July 2008 Atomic clocks are incredibly expensive and generally they are normally only to be found in large scale physics laboratories such as MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology (Colorado) or the Nationa... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/using-msf-as-a-timing-reference-for-ntp-servers-585465.html 22nd July 2008 Network Time Protocol (NTP) is an Internet protocol used for the transfer of accurate time, providing time information so that a precise time can be obtained and maintained on a network Most UNIX and Linux operating systems provide built-in time synchr... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/linuxunix-basic-ntp-configuration-580205.html 18th July 2008 Microsoft Windows has a built in time synchronisation facility called windows time (w32time.exe). Windows time is based on Network Time Protocol (NTP) an Internet protocol designed to synchronise computers on a network. Using Windows Time service it is... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/configuring-windows-as-a-ntp-server-579186.html 17th July 2008 This article explains how you can synchronise your computer with an absolute time source and can be kept accurate using NTP. Clocks are essential for computers. Everything from sending and email to turning a PC on will involve a timestamp. Computers ar... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/synchronise-time-on-your-pc-using-ntp-servers-577955.html 16th July 2008 Computer time synchronisation is highly important in modern computer networks, precision and time synchronization is critical in many applications, particularly time sensitive transactions. Just imagine buying an airline seat only to be told at the airpor... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/how-to-configure-windows-server-as-a-ntp-server-574721.html 13th July 2008 Precision and time synchronisation is highly important for modern computer networks, without synchronisation many time sensitive transactions would be impossible to carry out. The internal clock in computers does keep time and date information but these ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/windows-2003-installing-and-configuring-an-authoritative-ntp-network-time-server-573619.html 10th July 2008 Time synchronisation in modern computer networks is essential, all computers need to know the time as many applications, from sending an email to storing information are reliant on the PC knowing when the event took place. Microsoft Windows Server from... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/how-to-configure-an-authoritative-time-server-in-windows-server-2008-569649.html 04th July 2008 Time synchronisation in modern computer networks is essential, all computers need to know the time as many applications, from sending an email to storing information are reliant on the PC knowing when the event took place. Microsoft Windows XP has a ti... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/configuring-windows-xp-as-a-ntp-network-time-server-569508.html 03rd July 2008 NTP is almost as old as the Internet itself. It was devised and developed by Dr David Mills of the University of Delaware and has been in constant use and continually updated since 1985. NTP is an internet protocol designed to synchronise clocks on a comp... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/network-time-protocol-explaining-ntp-and-network-time-synchronisation-558157.html 19th June 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Richard Williams Time synchronisation in modern computer networks is essential. It not only provides the only frame of reference between all devices, it is critical in everything from securing, planning and debugging a network to pro... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/how-to-run-a-network-time-server-using-windows-xp-549704.html 30th May 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Richard Williams On occasion we all need to know the time and we have a multitude of different devices to tell us it; from our mobile phones and wrist watches to the office wall clock or the chimes on the radio news. But how accur... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/timing-is-everything-ntp-and-the-importance-of-accurate-network-time-synchronisation-548082.html 27th May 2008 Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet's oldest protocols still used, invented by Dr David Mills from the University of Delaware, it has been in utilized since 1985. NTP is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks on computers and network... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/installing-a-ntp-server-using-a-gps-timing-source-538584.html 15th May 2008 Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet's oldest protocols still used, invented by Dr David Mills from the University of Delaware, it has been in utilized since 1985. NTP is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks on computers and network... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/installing-a-ntp-server-using-a-radio-reference-source-538560.html 15th May 2008 A Guide to NTP and Computer Network Time Synchronisation This article explains Network Time Protocol (NTP) and how it is used in the synchronisation of networks. Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet's oldest protocols. In use for over... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/a-guide-to-ntp-and-computer-network-time-synchronisation-538496.html 15th May 2008 All computers have clocks of course although the real time chips (RTC) that inhabit most PC's are not the most accurate of timepieces and are prone to drift. This may not matter much to the average home user although when it comes to time sensitive app... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/a-guide-to-time-synchronisation-with-windows-vista-537591.html 15th May 2008 Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet's oldest protocols and is still the standard for time synchronisation. The success of NTP stems from its constant development (version 4 is currently in progress) and the accuracy that an NTP time server ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/ntp-the-importance-of-external-time-reference-534239.html 09th May 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Richard Williams Computer time synchronisation is highly important in modern computer networks, precision and time synchronization is critical in many applications, particularly time sensitive transactions. Just imagine buying an air... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/how-to-configure-an-ntp-network-time-server-in-windows-xp-530114.html 06th May 2008 Computer time synchronisation is highly important in modern computer networks, precision and time synchronization is critical in many applications, particularly time sensitive transactions. Just imagine buying an airline seat only to be told at the airpor... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/configuring-a-linux-based-ntp-time-server-529772.html 06th May 2008 Time synchronisation in modern computer networks is essential. It not only provides the only frame of reference between all devices, it is critical in everything from securing, planning and debugging a network to providing a time stamp for applications su... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/how-to-run-a-network-time-server-in-windows-xp-529674.html 06th May 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Richard Williams On occasion, we all need to know the time and we have a multitude of different devices to tell us it, from our mobile phones and wrist watches to the office wall clock or the chimes on the radio news. But how accurat... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/killing-time-the-importance-of-time-synchronisation-in-criminal-cases-529275.html 06th May 2008 Atomic Clocks have been around for over fifty years or so. They are clocks that use an atomic resonance frequency as its timekeeping element rather than conventional oscillating crystals such as quartz. Most atomic clocks use the resonance of the atom ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/using-atomic-clocks-as-external-ntp-timing-references-528979.html 02nd May 2008 Time synchronisation in modern computer networks is essential. It not only provides the only frame of reference between all devices, it is critical in everything from securing, planning and debugging a network to providing a time stamp for applications su... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/windows-xp--how-to-run-a-time-server-using-ntp-528806.html 02nd May 2008 On occasion we all need to know the time and we have a multitude of different devices to tell us it; from our mobile phones and wrist watches to the office wall clock or the chimes on the radio news. But how accurate are all these clocks and does it ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/timing-is-everything-ntp-and-the-importance-of-accurate-network-time-synchronisation-528698.html 02nd May 2008 Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet's oldest protocols still utilised. Invented by Dr David Mills from the University of Delaware it has been in use since 1985. NTP is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks on computers and networks ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/how-to-install-and-configure-a-ntp-server-528028.html 01st May 2008 On occasion, we all need to know the time and we have a multitude of different devices to tell us it, from our mobile phones and wrist watches to the office wall clock or the chimes on the radio news. But how accurate are all these clocks and does it matt... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/killing-time-the-importance-of-time-synchronisation-in-criminal-cases-527988.html 01st May 2008 Computer time synchronisation is highly important in modern computer networks, precision and time synchronization is critical in many applications, particularly time sensitive transactions. Just imagine buying an airline seat only to be told at the airpor... http://www.articlealley.com/http://richardnwilliams.articlealley.com/how-to-configure-a-ntp-network-time-server-in-windows-2000-523637.html 26th April 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Richard Williams Computer time synchronisation is highly important in modern computer networks, precision and time synchronization is critical in many applications, particularly time sensitive transactions. Just imagine buying an air... http://www.articlealley.com/http://www.articlealley.com/how-to-configure-an-ntp-network-time-server-in-windows-xp-523430.html 25th April 2008 Copyright (c) 2008 Richard Williams The synchronisation of computer time is highly important in modern computer networks, precision and time synchronization is critical in many applications, particularly time sensitive transactions. Just imagine buying... http://www.articlealley.com/http://www.articlealley.com/configure-a-windows-ntp-network-time-server-523066.html 25th April 2008 Many networks in organisations suffer from a lack of time synchronisation between servers, workstations and other network components. This can lead to problems processing time critical information and transactions. However, a solution has been available f... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/installing-a-radio-referenced-ntp-server-510996.html 07th April 2008 GPS is a US military system that provides highly precise time and positioning information anywhere around the globe. The system consists of 24 Earth orbiting satellites each constants broadcasting accurate time and positioning information to Earth. The br... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/using-gps-for-ntp-and-time-server-systems-464785.html 31st January 2008 PC's maintain system time with relatively inexpensive crystals and real time clock chips. The low-cost and specification of the timing devices utilised means PC's can often keep very poor time. However, there are a number of hardware and software solution... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/maintaining-precise-time-on-your-pc-using-ntp-servers-240809.html 07th November 2007 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 the Kerberos authentication... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/configuring-an-authoritative-time-server-on-a-windows-2000-server-235036.html 01st November 2007 The Windows Time service (W32Time) is designed to allow all Windows 2000 or later machines in an organisation to utilise a synchronised time. The service is used to ensure the security of the Windows Kerberos authentication protocol. This article describe... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/how-to-set-up-an-authoritative-time-server-in-a-windows-2003-server-based-active-directory-network-215194.html 20th September 2007 Copyright (c) 2007 Galleon SystemsThis article demonstrates the implication of poor network time synchronisation and how significant it is to have network time in your Companies.Every Computer has a clock that sustains the internal system time. PC clocks ... http://www.articlealley.com/http://galleon.articlealley.com/the-implication-of-an-accurate-time-server-214259.html 18th September 2007 The Network Time Protocol (NTP) was developed to provide a way of synchronising Internet clients to an accurate network time reference. NTP allows the time on client computers to be set to within a fraction of the correct time. The NTP protocol is a suite... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/how-to-build-a-lowcost-gps-ntp-server-210056.html 02nd September 2007 NTP, or Network Time Protocol, was originally developed for ensuring the synchronisation of client machines across the Internet. NTP is one of the oldest Internet protocols still widely used today. The protocol is still widely used to ensure time synchron... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/ntp-time-server-security-solutions-179093.html 29th June 2007 Most computer systems have integrated Real Time Clocks (RTC) used to maintain time and date information. Invariably, real time clocks are battery backed so that time and date information can be maintained even when the PC is powered down. The PC clock pro... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/installing-and-configuring-a-windows-2003-domain-time-server-160807.html 17th May 2007 NTP is a standard Internet protocol for distributing accurate time to network time clients. There are a large number of public NTP time servers available on the Internet. However, it may often be the case, for security purposes, that an organisation may r... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/choosing-a-ntp-server-reference-clock-158542.html 11th May 2007 The GPS system is a satellite navigation system operated by the United States military. The system is also available for civilian use without any subscription requirement. The GPS system is primarily intended as a highly accurate global positioning system... http://www.articlealley.com/http://dave.articlealley.com/gps-time-servers-for-network-time-synchronisation-140969.html 27th March 2007