NW 6.5 SP8: NTP Administration Guide

This guide describes the time synchronization service based on RFC 1305. Time synchronization uses the Network Time Protocol version 3 (NTPv3). This guide is intended to help network administrators configure and use NTPv3, and it contains the following sections:

Audience

This Guide is intended for NetWare administrators who use NTPv3 for Time synchronization services on NetWare 6.5.

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All occurrences of NTP in this documentation refer to NTP version 3 (NTPv3).

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