I have read the Time Service white paper from Microsoft and am still confused. I have set the default domain GPO to use NT5DS under Configure Windows NTP Client, and set an external time server (navobs1.oar.net,0x1) for NTPServer. I have also set Enable Windows NTP Server to enabled. There are no other time related GPOs set in the domain. I was under the assumption that with that setting my PDC emulator (DC1) should be synching with navobs1.oar.net,0x1 and the other DC synchs with the PDC emulator, and then all clients synch to the closest DC. When I run a w32tm /monitor from the either DC or from any clients, I get the following.
dc1.domain.com *** PDC *** [10.100.110.12]:
ICMP: 0ms delay.
NTP: +0.0000000s offset from dc1.domain.com
RefID: 'LOCL' [76.79.67.76]
dc2.domain.com [10.100.110.13]:
ICMP: 0ms delay.
NTP: +0.0226641s offset from dc1.domain.com
RefID: dc1.domain.com [10.100.110.12]
When I run it from a client:
dc1.domain.com *** PDC *** [10.100.110.12]:
ICMP: 0ms delay.
NTP: +0.0000000s offset from dc1.domain.com
RefID: 'LOCL' [76.79.67.76]
dc2.domain.com [10.100.110.13]:
ICMP: 8ms delay.
NTP: +0.0342476s offset from dc1.domain.com
RefID: dc1.domain.com [10.100.110.12]
What I am seeing is that everything is working except DC1 is not synching
with an external time server. Is that correct, or am I reading that wrong?
If it isn't synching with an external time source, what setting am I
missing?
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