Time settings on Macs on a Win2k network

[eyespi]

Hey everyone,

I have about 20 Macs on a Windows network, and all of their time settings are off. I would like to know how I can synchronize their times/clocks to keep them in line with the PCs on the network.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,

eyespi

 

[rliebsch]

Isn't your domain syncronized to an external clock? That would assure your workstations and servers are all in sync. Then you can have your macs slave to an external time server in the Date and Time control panel of the sysetm preferences.

Phones, Windows, Linux, Cells, and Macs all show the same time

Robert Liebsch
Stone Yamashita Partners

http://www.stoneyamashita.com/

 

[chiph]

OS X macs use the network time protocol (NTP) to keep them synchronized. Apple runs a NTP server at time.apple.com that you can use for a few PCs. If you run a large network, you should set up your own NTP hierarchy so as not to burden Apple's server.

Chip H.


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[devastator]

I just set my Windows 2003 server to use time.apple.com and through the TIME SERVICE it updates all the windows pc with the correct time or you can put it into a login script. For the 5 macs i just leave them to get their time from time.apple.com to match the rest of the network.
I have also read that you can put the ip of your Windows Server on the apple's time configuration instead of time.apple.com. So you would put servername.domain.com or just plug in the IP address.




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