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time servers for both XP and Mac OS8.5

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Registered: ‎13-11-2009

time servers for both XP and Mac OS8.5

accessing internet time, I have two questions:
1. I have an old Mac running OS8.5 which should connect to an ntp server on port 123 - it seems to send out something but nothing is returned. Is there a way I can see what the computer is sending out to be sure it is the correct code?
I have another old Mac running OS9.1 (same router) and that seems to work just fine.
2. XP - I seem to recall there is something unusual about how the standard internet time is decoded in the XP clock control panel. Is there a way I can connect to a server that works? At present I use a separate non-MS application to access the ntp servers and update my time clock.
I have tried (amongst many)
ntp.plus.net
time.euro.apple.com 
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Anonymous
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Re: time servers for both XP and Mac OS8.5

I run my own local NTP server on my home network, which in turn gets it's time reference from http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/
The http://How do I use pool.ntp.org  has helpful info on configuring your computer's NTP.
For the most accurate time settings you should try and use the nearest servers to you, which are documented here - http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/uk
jelv
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Re: time servers for both XP and Mac OS8.5

Quote from: purleigh
you should try and use the nearest servers to you

C:\Users\John>tracert 0.uk.pool.ntp.org
Tracing route to 0.uk.pool.ntp.org [82.113.154.206]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
  1    1 ms    1 ms    1 ms  dg834 [192.168.0.1]
  2    13 ms    13 ms    13 ms  lo0-central2.pcl-ag06.plus.net [195.166.130.47]
  3    12 ms    13 ms    12 ms  gi7-9-621.pcl-gw01.plus.net [84.93.254.137]
  4    13 ms    12 ms    12 ms  po5.ptn-gw01.plus.net [212.159.1.131]
  5    13 ms    12 ms    12 ms  po4.ptn-gw02.plus.net [212.159.1.139]
  6    12 ms    12 ms    12 ms  linx-peering-02.xtraordinary.net.uk [195.66.226.241]
  7    13 ms    13 ms    14 ms  82.113.154.206 [82.113.154.206]
Trace complete.
C:\Users\John>tracert ntp.plus.net
Tracing route to ntp.plus.net [212.159.6.9]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
  1    2 ms    2 ms    2 ms  dg834 [192.168.0.1]
  2    14 ms    12 ms    15 ms  lo0-central2.pcl-ag06.plus.net [195.166.130.47]
  3    13 ms    12 ms    12 ms  gi7-9-621.pcl-gw01.plus.net [84.93.254.137]
  4    13 ms    13 ms    13 ms  vl63.pcl-lb01.plus.net [212.159.2.252]
  5    13 ms    13 ms    12 ms  cdns01.plus.net [212.159.6.9]
Trace complete.
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