Time Synchronization - Novell NETWARE 6-DOCUMENTATION Manual

Time Synchronization

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Server Communications Administration Guide
RIP II is an IP routing protocol that includes the following enhancements over
RIP:
Provides a password for authentication
Allows specification of a subnet mask
Allows multicast addressing
Synchronizing time across the network provides a service that maintains
consistent time stamps for enterprise environments with several servers in
different time zones.
Time synchronization provides network time for the following:
File systems
Messaging services
Network applications
NDS Time Servers use TIMESYNC to provide synchronized time for network
services.
If there are fewer than 30 servers on the network, use the default settings of a
single reference time server and a secondary time server.
For more than 30 servers, plan a custom environment using a reference time
server, primary time server, and secondary time servers. You can also specify
which communication method the time servers will use: SAP or a configured
list.
TIMESYNC allows NetWare servers to synchronize their time with an
authoritative external time source, such as an atomic clock, through an
asynchronous connection such as a modem. NTP (Network Time Protocol) is
an Internet Protocol that can be used with TIMESYNC to query authoritative
time servers over the Internet rather than with a dialup connection.