[dba-Tech] Time Sync

Hi John

Use NetTime 2.0 on one of the machines as a "time server". This machine
may need to sync to the outside world; you could use a dial-up
connection for that:

  http://nettime.sourceforge.net/

Note the net time clients are included with Win2000/XP as explained in
one of the links.

/gustav

>>> john at winhaven.net 04/12 5:04 pm >>>
Hi all,

I have a client with whom I'm setting up a mobil testing lab network.
The
network is peer to peer with no server. Each computer has various
pieces of
testing equipment attached to it that need to be accurately time
synchronized with each other. This lab will not be connected to the
internet.

I don't see a method to change the synchronization server in WinXP to
use
another PC (only a domain server). I used to do time sync with NT
server and
batch files but that was once a day a login. Given the discrepancies
in
type/models of PCs, and the inherit unreliability of PC clocks, this
would
probably need a constantly running process.