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  • NTP Server Reference Clocks: What's Best Radio or GPS ?
    This article describes the external time references that are available to synchronise NTP servers and discusses the merits of each.

    Date of Article: 24Sep2008
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • How To Use NTP Servers to Synchronise Time on Your PC
    This article discusses ways in which you can maintain continuously accurate system time on your computer system. It looks at how Internet time references and NTP servers can be utilised for computer time synchronisation.
    Date of Article: 21May2008
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • GPS Systems for NTP Time Servers and Timing Applications
    This article describes the components required to utilise GPS for computer timing applications. It also discusses how the GPS system can be used for computer network timing by using the Network Time Protocol (NTP) and NTP time servers.
    Date of Article: 17May2008
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Time Server Fundamentals
    A time server is a computer server that obtains precise timing information from an external hardware clock and provides this information to clients across a computer network.
    Date of Article: 11May2008
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Installing a Radio Referenced NTP Server
    Many networks in organisations suffer from a lack of time synchronisation between servers, workstations and other network components. This can lead to problems processing time critical information and transactions. However, a solution has been available for many years in the form of NTP.
    Date of Article: 03Apr2008
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Using GPS to Synchronise Computer Systems
    This article describes how the GPS system can be used to provide an accurate time and frequency reference for NTP servers and computer network time synchronisation.
    Date of Article: 30Jan2008
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Using GPS for Computer Time Synchronisation
    This article provides an overview of how the GPS system can be used for computer time synchronisation solutions and describes the equipment required to provide a GPS time reference.
    Date of Article: 04Dec2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Utilising GPS for Precise Network Timing
    This article discusses how the GPS system can be utilised by NTP server systems for precise network timing. It also describes the hardware required to utilise the GPS system for timing applications.
    Date of Article: 21Nov2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Building a Stratum 1 GPS NTP Server
    This article describes how to utilise a low-cost GPS receiver in combination with the NTP software distribution to provide an accurate stratum 1 NTP server timing reference.
    Date of Article: 01Sep2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Using GPS for Computer and NTP Server Timing
    This article presents an introduction to using the GPS system for computer timing applications. It describes the equipment that can be utilised to provide a precise time resource for computers and computer networks.
    Date of Article: 18Jul2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Configuring NTP on a LINUX Server
    This article discusses how to install and configure the NTP Server application on a Linux machine to synchronise time with an Internet based public NTP Server.
    Date of Article: 13Jul2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Atomic Clock Time References
    This article describes available atomic clock timing references and their use in computer network time synchronisation and NTP time servers.
    Date of Article: 06Jul2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • How To Synchronise Your PC's System Time
    This article describes various ways of keeping the time on your computer accurate. It also shows how to synchronise a computers system clock with a highly accurate reference clock.
    Date of Article: 29Jun2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • NTP Server Precision Oscillators
    Many NTP servers utilise a high precision backup frequency generator to maintain time in the event of signal loss. This article describes the various precision frequency generators used by NTP servers and the price-performance issues.
    Date of Article: 21Jun2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • The Misuse and Abuse of NTP Server Systems
    This article discusses some of the reported NTP time server abuse incidents and describes NTP configuration methods that can reduce such problems. Most incidents seem to have occurred due to manufacturer configuration issues rather than malicious intent.
    Date of Article: 22May2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • How to Configure a Windows 2003 Time Server
    This article describes how the Windows 2003 Time Service synchronises time and date information on servers to a domain controller. It also describes how the Windows Time Service utilises the Network Time Protocol (NTP) to achieve network time synchronisation of servers in a domain.
    Date of Article: 16May2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • NTP Server Reference Clocks
    This article introduces a number of external reference clock time and frequency resources that can be used for synchronising a stratum 1 NTP time server.
    Date of Article: 11May2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • The Difference Between NTP and SNTP Protocols
    This article describes the differences between NTP and SNTP. The article also discusses when SNTP can be safely used in place of the full-blown NTP protocol. It also outlines the differences between a NTP server\client and a SNTP server\client.
    Date of Article: 03May2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • How to Build a NTP Server
    This article describes how to build and configure your very own stratum one NTP Server. By adding a low-cost GPS or radio time reference to your Linux machine, you can have your very own highly accurate time reference. Your NTP server can be used to synchronize all the machines on your network to the precise time.
    Date of Article: 02May2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • The Network Time Protocol and NTP Servers
    This article describes the Network Time Protocol and provides an overview of how NTP servers utilise NTP to provide an accurate source of time to network time clients.
    Date of Article: 10Apr2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Using The GPS System For Precise Time
    This article describes how the Global Positioning System can be used to provide a precise timing reference and provides an overview of the equipment required.
    Date of Article: 05Apr2007
    Category: Reference & Education
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  • Configuring NTP on your Linux Server
    This article describes how to configure the Network Time Protocol (NTP) daemon on your Linux server to synchronise with an Internet based NTP server. It also provides a list of well-know public Internet time references.
    Date of Article: 23Mar2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Using NTP Authentication
    This article describes how to utilise the NTP security features to authenticate time references when synchronizing network time clients to a NTP server.
    Date of Article: 16Mar2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • What is Time ?
    This article discusses the fundamental nature of time, how it is measured, by movement, and how it is related to the concept of space. It also describes the spin-offs from high technology time references and International time standards.
    Date of Article: 09Mar2007
    Category: Reference & Education
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  • NTP Server Installation
    This article describes how to configure and install NTP server systems on a network and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of various reference clock options.
    Date of Article: 02Mar2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • How to use the GPS Clock
    This article discusses how the GPS clock can be used to provide an accurate timing reference for computers and computer networks. The GPS system is often used for computer timing applications, such as NTP time servers and accurate timing references.
    Date of Article: 28Feb2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Setting up a Windows Time Server
    This article introduces how to set up the Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 operating systems to operate as a NTP time server. The article describes how to modify registry entries to configure the Windows Time Service.
    Date of Article: 21Feb2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • How To Maintain Accurate Time On Your PC
    This article describes various methods of maintaining a highly accurate time on your PC. It describes how to utilise Internet time references, radio and GPS clocks and dedicated NTP server systems.
    Date of Article: 10Feb2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Configuring Windows as a NTP Server
    This article describes how to configure the Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 time service as a NTP server. It shows how to manipulate registry entries to configure the Windows Time Service.
    Date of Article: 06Feb2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Synchronised Digital Clock Systems
    This article discusses the methods utilised to achieve synchronised digital clock time displays throughout an organisation. Focusing particularly on Ethernet Networked NTP Digital Wall Clock Systems utilising Power-over-Ethernet.
    Date of Article: 05Feb2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Atomic Clock Systems
    This article provides an overview of atomic clock systems with particular emphasis on their use with NTP server systems for PC and computer network time synchronisation.
    Date of Article: 27Jan2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • Decoding the DCF-77 Radio Time Signal
    The DCF-77 radio time transmission is utilised by many NTP server and PC computer systems to provide accurate synchronisation of time critical applications. This article describes how the DCF-77 time signal is decoded by NTP server and computer systems to provide an accurate timing reference.
    Date of Article: 20Jan2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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  • NTP Server Static GPS Antenna Systems
    This article provides an overview of GPS for NTP server timing applications and describes the equipment used to install a GPS antenna in a static location.
    Date of Article: 17Jan2007
    Category: Computers & Internet
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