Time Sync question

[hskr4evr]

Hello.

My network consists of NT4 domain controllers, Windows 2000 member servers, and Windows 2000 Pro workstations.

One of my W2K member servers I issued the following command:

net time /setsntp:ntp2.usno.navy.mil

That seemed to work just fine.

I then issued the following command on one of my W2K Pro workstations:

net time /set

When I do that, I get the following message:

Could not locate a time-server.

Could someone help me out? I thought that by doing the net time /setsntp command, on my W2K member server, made it a time server for my network.

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Thank you.

 

[HEX1000]

can you resolve ntps2.usno.navy.mil from your win2k machine?
check if you can ping ip/hostname etc.

if not then try adding the entry in the HOSTS file.

hope this might help

 

[hskr4evr]

I can ping ntp2.usno.navy.mil just fine...

 

[jjgraf]

time sync is not an easy issue to solove when your in a mix enviroment with NT 4.0 pdc.

For any W2K or XP Pro they go to the PDC to sync time with not the member severs.

In a pure W2K server running AD everytime the W2K or XP machine boot up they contact the W2K domain controler to sync time with. if the time between the W2K servers and W2K or XP Pro get to far apart your network will come to a hault because of Kerbrose security issues.

Now since reading your post your PDC are NT 4.0 not W2K. you have two choices you can get third party Time Server Apps and install them on your server and then install the client software to sync the time or you can create a log in script to run the

net time /set \\MYSERVER

to sync the time during boot up, a bit of snag is your Users must have enough rights to change the local time.

also here is knowbase article

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;258059

 

[hskr4evr]

The Knowledge Base link provided me with the info that I needed to get W32Time to work with my NT4 domain controllers.

Thanks.