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Windows Time Server: Synchronising Your Network with NTP

Nearly all a computers activity involves time whether logging a timestamp for when a network was accessed to sending an email, knowing the time is crucial for computer applications. All computers have an on-board clock that provides time and date infor... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

GPS – Time Keeping in the Satellite Age

We are all used to the Sat Nav by now. More and more people are installing those little black boxes into their cars and throwing away their old paper road maps. The advantages of satellite navigation are many fold - from constant updates keeping the maps ... 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

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

Syncing Time Critical Processes Using NTP

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) was developed more than 25 years ago to synchronise Internet servers to the correct time. NTP is now one of the oldest protocols still in operation today. The protocol is widely used to synchronise Internet and intranet inf... Read >
Author: Dave

How to Run a Network Time Server in Windows XP

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... Read >
Author: Richard N Williams

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

How to Build a Low-Cost GPS NTP Server

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... Read >
Author: Dave

Marking Time on your Computer

Copyright (c) 2007 Galleon Systems An accurate time reference is a fundamental requirement to many computer software applications. Although every Personal Computer incorporates an internal clock, it pays to check that the date and time settings are cor... Read >
Author: galleon

The NTP Server Protocol Made Easy

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) was developed over 25 years ago as a means of distributing accurate time across the Internet. It is one of the oldest Internet protocols still in use today. NTP is a client-server based protocol for the distribution of accu... Read >
Author: Dave

Synchronising Your Computer to an Atomic Clock

Atomic clocks are utilised to provide a highly precise timing reference. Many types of clock use the generic term 'atomic'. Most atomic clocks are very expensive systems generally only found in National Physics Laboratories. Most commercial precise timing... Read >
Author: Dave

How To Keep Accurate System Time On Your Computer

Computers maintain time and date information using internal real-time clock chips. These chips are battery-backed and maintain time even when the power to the computer is switched off. However, the components utilised are relatively low-cost devices and h... Read >
Author: Dave

The Misuse and Abuse of NTP Server Systems

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 hierarchy. At the top of the hierarchi... Read >
Author: Dave

Differences Between NTP and SNTP

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) was developed to distribute time around a computer network to network time clients. It is one of the oldest Internet protocols still in operation. Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP) was developed as a simplified version of... Read >
Author: Dave

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