Luke_Wilbur Posted March 9, 2008 Report Share Posted March 9, 2008 You can download software from NIST to use the internet to automatically set your computer clock to Atomic Clock time. The NIST Internet Time Service (ITS) allows users to synchronize computer clocks via the Internet. The time information provided by the service is directly traceable to UTC(NIST). The service responds to time requests from any Internet client in several formats including the DAYTIME, TIME, and NTP protocols. Requests in these formats generally do not support authentication, and no keys or passwords are needed to use these services. In addition to these services (which will not be modified), we have begun testing a server that will provide authenticated NTP messages using a symmetric-key encryption algorithm. This additional service is being offered on an experimental basis only. See the authenticated NTP description for more details. The NIST Internet Time Service uses multiple stratum-1 time servers. The table below lists the time servers used by the NIST Internet Time Service (ITS). The table lists each server's name, IP address, and location, organized geographically within the US from North to South and then from East to West. Please note that while we make every effort to ensure that the names of the servers are correct, we control the names of only the nist.gov servers. If you have difficulty using the name of a system, you can access a server using the IP address directly. Whether you connect to a server using the name or the IP address, it is a bad practice to “hard-code” a particular server name or address into a device so that these parameters cannot be changed by the end user if that becomes necessary at some future time. All users should ensure that their software NEVER queries a server more frequently than once every 4 seconds. Systems that exceed this rate will be refused service. In extreme cases, systems that exceed this limit may be considered as attempting a denial-of-service attack. nist1-ny.WiTime.net 64.90.182.55 New York City, NY Recommended for new users time-a.nist.gov 129.6.15.28 NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland Ok time-b.nist.gov 129.6.15.29 NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland Ok nist1-dc.WiTime.net 206.246.118.250 Alexandria, Virginia Recommended for new users nist1.aol-va.symmetricom.com 64.236.96.53 Reston, Virginia Recommended for new users nist1.columbiacountyga.gov 68.216.79.113 Columbia County, Georgia Recommended for new users nist.expertsmi.com 99.150.184.201 Monroe, Michigan Recommended for new users nist.netservicesgroup.com 64.113.32.5 Southfield, Michigan Recommended for new users time-a.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov 132.163.4.101 NIST, Boulder, Colorado Ok time-b.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov 132.163.4.102 NIST, Boulder, Colorado Very busy time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov 132.163.4.103 NIST, Boulder, Colorado Ok time.nist.gov 192.43.244.18 NCAR, Boulder, Colorado Very busy utcnist.colorado.edu 128.138.140.44 University of Colorado, Boulder ok utcnist2.colorado.edu 128.138.188.172 University of Colorado, Boulder Recommended for new users time-nw.nist.gov 131.107.13.100 Microsoft, Redmond, Washington Very busy nist1.aol-ca.symmetricom.com 207.200.81.113 Mountain View, California Recommended for new users nist1.symmetricom.com 69.25.96.13 San Jose, California Recommended for new users nist1-sj.WiTime.net 64.125.78.85 San Jose, California Recommended for new users http://tf.nist.gov/timefreq/general/about.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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