And please be sure to note the part of Michael's mail below here he said "stable". I once talked to a customer who was syncing DCs to an external clock that rolled back ~20 years. I assure you that was not the best day ever for this admin. :)
~Eric -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tony Murray Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 6:00 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Time on server Yes, the recommendation is to use an internal hardware clock: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=816042 Tony -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thommes, Michael M. Sent: Thursday, 1 September 2005 12:28 p.m. To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] Time on server How about synch'ing it with an internal source that is stable? Remember that it needs port UDP 123 open. I wonder why you wouldn't want to use an external source, like http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ntp.html? Mike Thommes ________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Patrick Paul Sent: Wed 8/31/2005 11:27 PM To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org Subject: [ActiveDir] Time on server The time on my server is constantly increasing and is clearly wrong. I do not want to sync with and external source! Help appreciated! Windows 2000 advance server 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 message has been scanned for Viruses and Content and cleared by NetIQ MailMarshal at Gen-i Limited ######################################################################## #### 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/
