{"id":420,"date":"2009-01-04T09:00:37","date_gmt":"2009-01-04T08:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.galsys.co.uk\/news\/?p=420"},"modified":"2018-05-08T11:23:01","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T11:23:01","slug":"ntp-server-configuration-for-windows-and-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.galsys.co.uk\/news\/ntp-server-configuration-for-windows-and-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"NTP Server Configuration for Windows and Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"

Network Time Protocol<\/a> has been developed to keep computers synchronized. All computers are prone to drift and accurate timing is essential for many time critical applications.<\/p>\n

A version of NTP is installed on most versions of Windows (although a stripped down version called SNTP \u2013Simplified NTP- is in older versions) and Linux but is free to download from NTP.org.<\/p>\n

When synchronising a a network it is preferable to use a dedicated NTP server <\/a>that receives a timing source from an atomic clock<\/a> either via specialist radio transmissions or the GPS network<\/a>. However, many Internet time references are available, some more reliable than others, although it must be noted Internet based time sources can\u2019t be authenticated by NTP, leaving your computer vulnerable to threats.<\/p>\n

NTP is hierarchical and arranged into stratum. Stratum 0 is timing reference, while stratum 1 is a server connected to a stratum 0 timing source and a stratum 2 is a computer (or device) attached to a stratum 1 server.<\/p>\n

The Basic configuration of NTP is done using the \/etc\/ntp.conf file you have to edit it and place the IP address of stratum 1 and stratum 2 servers. Here is an example of a basic ntp.conf file:<\/p>\n

server xxx.yyy.zzz.aaa prefer (time server address such as time.windows.com)<\/p>\n

server 123.123.1.0<\/p>\n

server 122.123.1.0 stratum 3<\/p>\n

Driftfile \/etc\/ntp\/drift<\/p>\n

The most basic ntp.conf file will list 2 servers, one that it wishes to synchronise too and an IP address for itself. It is good housekeeping to have more than one server for reference in case one goes down.<\/p>\n

A server with the tag \u2018prefer\u2019 is used for a trusted source ensuring NTP will always use that server when possible. The IP address will be used in case of problems when NTP will synchonise with itself is. The drift file is where NTP builds a record of the system clock\u2019s drift rate and automatically adjusts for it.<\/p>\n

NTP will adjust your system time but only slowly. NTP will await at least ten packets of information before trusting the time source. To test NTP simply change your system clock by half an hour at the end of the day and the time in the morning should be correct.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Network Time Protocol has been developed to keep computers synchronized. All computers are prone to drift and accurate timing is essential for many time critical applications. A version of NTP is installed on most versions of Windows (although a stripped down version called SNTP \u2013Simplified NTP- is in older versions) and Linux but is free…<\/p>\n

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