How to configure a Red Hat Linux machine to sync with a Time Server.

Getting Red Hat Linux to connect to and sync with a time server is very easy, maybe even easier than Windows. To do this, make sure you're logged into the system as root, and open a terminal windows.

1- cd /etc

2- vi ntp.conf

3- Add the following text: server 10.6.35.105
*where 10.6.35.105 is the IP address of your time server

4- wq!

5- Go to the Date & Time settings (Applications>System Settings>Date & Time) and click the "Enable Network Time Protocol" checkbox. You should see the IP address (or hostname, if your /etc/hosts file is configured) in the NTP servers box.

6- Click OK, and your system should sync with the time server!

How to configure a Windows XP machine to sync with a Time Server.

Now, to enable a Windows machine to sync to this server, use this procedure. There are tons of different procedures out there, but this is the one that worked for me. Your mileage may vary.

Open a command line prompt (Start>Run>cmd>Enter) and type the following:

1- w32tm /config /manualpeerlist:10.6.35.105,0x8 /syncfromflags:MANUAL
*where 10.6.35.105 is the address of your time server

2- net stop w32time & net start w32time

3- w32tm /resync

If all is configured properly, your Windows system should sync itself with the time server, and if you open up your Time and Date properties, and click on the "Internet Time" tab, you will see that your system has sync'd with the new time server; it will show the time server's IP address, and the time at which is sync'd.