DHCP - time server problem with XP clients

[horaces]

I have installed a new SBS 2003 server that is working quiet ok by now. One of the few things left is a problem with the clock on my Windows XP clients, the time is incorrect.
In the DHCP scope I have entered 004 Time Server with my SBS IP address. The time on my SBS is mentioned correct, still clients get the wrong time settings. How can I get my clients to fetch the correct time from my SBS?

Gtz

horaces

 

[PHV]

Is the W32Time service (Windows clock) active on your SBS ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[horaces]

yep W32Time is running.

Actually I am looking now for an external time synchronisation with an atomic clock. Anybody any experience. I am still googling arround but I guess I will find something. Still I appreciate your input.

Gtz

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[PHV]

Some time servers:
stdtime.sinica.edu.tw
clock.sjc.he.net
ntp-0.cso.uiuc.edu
ntp2a.mcc.ac.uk
ntp.tuxfamily.net

Hope This Helps, PH.
FAQ219-2884
FAQ181-2886

 

[horaces]

Clients are gettinge time upd from external source now. Thanks for your input.

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[58sniper]

Clients are gettinge time upd from external source now. Thanks for your input.

They shouldn't be. In an AD environment, clients sync their time to the holder of the PDC Emulator FSMO role (typically the first DC in the environment - in your case, the SBS box). Time sync is automatic. You just need to make sure your SBS box is syncing time with an external time source. I have probably 400 PDC emulators pointing at tick.usno.navy.mil without a problem.

Having your clients check an external source is not only asking for trouble, it's wasting your bandwidth.

Pat Richard, MCSE MCSA:Messaging CNA
Microsoft Exchange MVP
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[horaces]

Correct 58sniper. I expressed myself wrong. But I meant that XP clients now get time synch via SBS. SBS is synchronising via external source.