Seems to me, if the Cisco servers can talk to the DC's via TCP/IP, then you should be able to do a simple
NET TIME \\<DCname> /SET /YES NET TIME \\<DCipaddress> ..... Make a batch file or run an AT job, anything that syncs them periodically. -----Original Message----- From: Creamer, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 10:53 AM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Time sync on non-domain W2K server? Interesting...Charlie's message just popped up in my inbox as well. Looks like time sync is a current hot topic. Eagerly awaiting thoughts from the group. <mc> -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Kaiser Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 1:23 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Time sync on non-domain W2K server? I have a W2K3 AD domain. Gets its time synch from our Cisco switch, which gets time from outside. Usually works OK; hiccups once in a while; no big deal. I've run into an interesting problem, though. We have Cisco VoIP phones, which display the time on the screen. A user complained because the time was about 6 minutes different between the phone and her PC. I started looking into it, took care of a few things, but came across something I can't resolve. Our Cisco Call Managers (W2K servers running Cisco call-handling apps) are not members of the domain. Cisco documentation says they should be stand-alone servers. I try and use net time /setsntp:switchIPaddress or net time /setsntp:PDCEname. Either one works, but when I do a net time /set, it fails with "Could not locate a time-server". Q243574 explains that only the PDCe can so an external synch. So how do we get a stand-alone machine to set the time? It's kind of important, because the phones get their time display from the Call Managers' OS time. Any ideas? Thanks! ********************** Charlie Kaiser MCSE, CCNA Systems Engineer Essex Credit / Brickwalk 510 595 5083 ********************** List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ This e-mail transmission contains information that is intended to be confidential and privileged. If you receive this e-mail and you are not a named addressee you are hereby notified that you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy or disseminate this communication without the consent of the sender and that doing so is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please delete and otherwise erase it and any attachments from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated. Thank you. Cintas Corporation. List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
