Articles, tagged with "timing reference", page 2

Synchronise Time on Your PC using NTP Servers

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... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

Installing a Dedicated NTP GPS Time Server

NTP servers (Network Time Protocol) are devices that can synchronise a computer network to an authoritative UTC time source. UTC (Coordinated Universal Time) is a global time scale used throughout the world and provided by atomic clocks. NTP servers ca... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

The Basics of an NTP Server

NTP servers or Network Time Protocol are devices that connect to a computer network and synchronise all machines to a single time source. Of course most Windows operating systems have an inbuilt NTP program called Windows Time that can synchronise to an I... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

Windows Vista: Time Servers, Synchronisation and Time Zone Advice

It can be really annoying. You have just got off the plane, booted up your lap top and set the clock to local time. Yet all your appointments suddenly move, not just the ones on that side of the ocean either, when you return home and reset the clock the a... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

Network Time Protocol (NTP): The Way it Works

Network Time Protocol (NTP) is probably the Internet's oldest protocol. Developed at the University of Delaware, it has been in use and continually updated for the last 25 years. In short it is a protocol designed to synchronize the clocks on computers an... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

NTP Servers: Basic NTP Configuration

Network Time Protocol has been developed to keep computers synchronized. All computers are prone to drift and accurate timing is essential for many time critical applications. A version of NTP is installed on most versions of Windows (although a stripp... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

Telling the Time in a Global Economy – Benefits of a NTP Server

The world is becoming an ever smaller place. Modern technology means that it is just as easy to make a purchase from the other side of the world as it is buy something from our local high street. Everything from hotels and airline tickets to jewellery ... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

NTP Server: The World’s Wrist-watch

Knowing the time is an essential part of our daily lives. We all need to know what time to start work, what time to leave and even when to get up in the morning. We have a multitude of different devices for telling us the time; from our mobile phones to o... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

Network Time Protocol: Explaining NTP and Network Time Synchronisation

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... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

NTP Security: Authentication and Trusted Time References

Copyright (c) 2008 Richard Williams NTP (Network Time Protocol) synchronises networks to a single time source using timestamps to represent the current time of the day, this is essential for time sensitive transactions and many system applications such... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

Time Server's and the Importance of Synchronisation.

Copyright (c) 2008 Richard Williams Time servers are like other computer servers in the sense they are usually located on a network. A time server gathers timing information, usually from an external hardware source and then synchronises the network to... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

Using GPS to Synchronise NTP Time Server Systems

The GPS system is a global navigation and positioning system. It is most commonly known for providing navigation systems for cars and marine vehicles. However, the GPS system also has a less well-known feature - precision time. Each GPS satellite orbiting... Read >
Author: Dave

Time Server’s and the Importance of Synchronisation.

Time servers are like other computer servers in the sense they are usually located on a network. A time server gathers timing information, usually from an external hardware source and then synchronises the network to that time. Often time servers are s... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

Network Time Server Systems

A time server is a computer server that obtains precise timing information from an external hardware clock and provides this information to clients across a computer network. A time server may be located on a local network, or intranet, or may be located ... Read >
Author: Dave

NTP Security: Authentication and Trusted Time References

NTP (Network Time Protocol) synchronises networks to a single time source using timestamps to represent the current time of the day, this is essential for time sensitive transactions and many system applications such as email. NTP is therefore vulnerab... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

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