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- How To Keep Your Network in Sync
Sep 22, 2009
Keeping accurate synchronized time on servers, workstations and other network infrastructure can be a real headache. NTP solves this problem by...
Category: Networks
- Understanding the Network Time Protocol
Sep 10, 2009
This article discusses some of the lesser-known features of the NTP protocol and attempts to describe its use in jargon free terminology.
Category: Networks
- Build Your Own NTP Server
Aug 6, 2009
This article describes how to configure and build your very own NTP server by utilising low-cost GPS or radio hardware time references. It will...
Category: Networks
- From Sundials to Atomic Clocks: The Measurement of Time
Jul 23, 2009
This article describes the fundamental nature of time, how it is measured by movement, and how it is closely related to the concept of space. It...
Category: Science
- Securing the NTP Protocol
Jul 17, 2009
This article discusses how to use authentication to secure communications between a network time server and client machines.
Category: Networks
- Why is Network Time Synchronisation Important?
Jul 10, 2009
This article discusses the importance of computer network time synchronisation and of having an accurate network time reference in an organisation.
Category: Networks
- Decoding The MSF-60 UK Radio Time Broadcast
Jun 27, 2009
This article describes how the MSF-60 time broadcast is transmitted and can be decoded by computer systems to provide an accurate timing reference.
Category: Science
- Atomic Time and the GPS System
Jun 16, 2009
This article describes how the GPS system provides super-accurate time and how it can be used for precision timing applications.
Category: Science
- Network Time References: What's Best? GPS or Radio
Jun 12, 2009
This article attempts to describe simply the advantages and disadvantages of various GPS and radio time references and how they can be utilised for...
Category: Networks
- An Introduction to NTP and Network Time Sychronization
May 14, 2009
This article introduces NTP and provides an overview of how NTP servers utilise the Network Time Protocol to provide a precise time reference to...
Category: Networks
- Using GPS As An Accurate Time Reference
May 10, 2009
This article describes how GPS can be utilised as a precise source of time for computer and network timing applications, such as NTP time servers.
Category: Computers
- What is Time and why is it Important?
Apr 21, 2009
This article describes the fundamental nature of time, how it is measured by movement, and how it is related to the concept of space. It also...
Category: Science
- How To Secure NTP
Apr 17, 2009
This article briefly describes how to utilise authentication to secure a time reference when synchronising network time clients to a NTP server.
Category: Networks
- Keeping Exact Time On Your PC
Apr 15, 2009
This article discusses a number of methods of keeping a computers system time accurate. From utilising Internet based NTP servers to using GPS and...
Category: Computers
- Synchronised Time Display Systems
Apr 2, 2009
This article describes the methods that can be utilised to achieve synchronised time displays throughout an organisation.
Category: Hardware
- How To Setup A Windows Time Server
Mar 25, 2009
This article describes how to configure the Windows Server 2000 and 2003 time service as a SNTP server. It also shows how to modify registry...
Category: Networks
- Configuring NTP Server Software on LINUX
Mar 12, 2009
This article provides straightforward installation and configuration information for the Linux version of the NTP distribution. It attempts to...
Category: Networks
- Securing Your Network - NTP Security
Jan 13, 2009
This article attempts to briefly describe the features that can be used to maintain a secure network when implementing the Network Time Protocol.
Category: Security
- Atomic Time For Your Computer
Dec 22, 2008
Genuine atomic clocks are not a viable option for synchronising computers and computer networks. There are, however, alternative sources of highly...
Category: Networks
- How Can I Synchronise My LAN
Dec 19, 2008
Time servers allow all the servers, workstations and other network infrastructure on a network to synchronise to a single precise reference. A Time...
Category: Networks
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