Dear

we are in the process of unifying the time on all devices in the network. as
a 1st step we sync our external router with the NTP server on the internet.
then we sync our switches with this router.
as a 2nd step, I want to sync a workgroup servers (2003 family) with the
nearest switch. could you please give me the detaled steps to configure our
workgroup servers with the external time source (nearest switch). also the
registry key that need to be changed.
the 3rd step, i want to sync my root domain controller with the switch.
could you please give me the detaled steps to configure our workgroup servers
with the external time source (nearest switch)? also the registry key that
need to be changed.

The domain controller that holds the PDC FSMO role:
w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:fqdn.router.or.ip.address
/syncfromflags:MANUAL
w32tm /config /update

For domain member workstations/servers, do nothing. They get their time
from the domain controllers.


For stand-alone workstation/servers, you can use the same commands that
where used for the domain controller that holds the PDC FSMO role.

/neo

PS - w32tm command is good for Windows XP or newer operating systems

"Fahad" <Fahad@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi Neo

thanks for your response.
Do I need to modify any registry value?

"neo [mvp outlook]" wrote:

Fahad wrote:
See <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/816042>

You probably don't need to worry about the registry since I believe the
w32tm command is your friendly front-end to that.

The main thing to take away is appending ",0x1" to the manually
configured peer. Otherwise it will likely not work.

~JasonG

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"Fahad"
I tend to perform exactly the other way : synchronize a DC to some source
(let say your external router).
That will take care of all DCs at one. Let the member servers to synchronize
to the domain.
And then synchronize the switches to the DCs.
seems easier for me...