Setup W32Time in Mixed Mode

[clcarr]

We have over 150 servers and over 3000 users. We have Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Netware 5.x We are trying to synchronized the time on the network, however I believe a Windows NT (DC) is the Timeserv. (When I type in the command net time it comes back with the NT server with the time.) And I noticed when I typed in the command, on my workstation, net stop w32time net start w32time the results came back from a Windows 2000 (DC).

Question 1. How do we set Time Sync for Mix Mode.
Question 2. Should we have both NT and 2K be Timeservers?
Qustion 3. What is needs to be done with the Netware side?

Any Suggestions are Appreciated..

 

[bcastner]

You need to assert for all workstations and servers an authoritative time server:

General discussion, excellent:

http://www-users.itlabs.umn.edu/cla...2K admins need to master the Time Service.pdf

Using NT servers as the time servers is not recommended, but if you have to do this see:

http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...port/kb/articles/Q258/0/59.ASP&NoWebContent=1

A must read:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;223184

A second must read:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;224799

Conclusion: set a Win2k server as the "authorative" time server, and push to the clients this change through the logon script.