Question : Windows Server 2003 - SNTP and NTP settings

Hey everyone,

I've got a problem with the network side not allowing port 123 to open for me.  I'm going to configure my laptop to obtain the time from the Navy's clock when I go home, and when I return to work, I'd like the NTP server to query my laptop for the time.

I've got a problem though...net time \\mycomputer /setsntp
doesn't want to work.

Errors out with "System error 53 has occurred.  This network path was not found."

Is this even possible?

Thanks a lot,
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Answer : Windows Server 2003 - SNTP and NTP settings

Symtime is a small program designed by symetricom. Symetricome manufactures time servers. Symtime is a program that is used to communicate with the time servers via a URL. Symtime also comes default with some military time servers. The little utility can adjust your system clock automatically or by manually synchronizing with the remote time server. Then you can pass that down to PCs within the domain. By default, there is one Navy time server in the list of time servers that symtime can synchronize with. That doesn't mean you can enter other Navy time servers in the list of time servers provided.

Since you showed a list of time servers that belong to the Navy and they appear to be sending time out publicly. Symtime should allow you to sync with the exact time server you with to sync with.

In your case, I think Symtime will work well for you. You can syncronize with the Navy's time server then pass it down to the clients within the domain and you will not have to transport a laptop back and forth to do so.

Once again, here is a link to syncronize with time servers outside the domain, then pass it to computers within your domain by using the domain controller. I understand your wish to syncronize by using a laptop. But I have to ask why, when you can syncronize over the network and pass it down to your clients?

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