Updating time via time.nist.gov

[Will]

Running XP with all the updates and when I go to update my Date and Time, I
keep getting the message that an 'error occurred while windows was
synchronizing with time.nist.gov.' That's all it says. I disengaged by
firewall and still get this error. This used to work but recently it
doesn't. Any ideas? thanks

 

[Claymore]

Running XP with all the updates and when I go to update my Date and Time, I
keep getting the message that an 'error occurred while windows was
synchronizing with time.nist.gov.' That's all it says. I disengaged by
firewall and still get this error. This used to work but recently it
doesn't. Any ideas? thanks

Try changing the time server to time.windows.com in the Internet Time
tab drop-down menu. I've had problems also with time.nist.gov

 

[mareta]

Running XP with all the updates and when I go to update my Date and Time,
I keep getting the message that an 'error occurred while windows was
synchronizing with time.nist.gov.' That's all it says. I disengaged by
firewall and still get this error. This used to work but recently it
doesn't. Any ideas? thanks

I just tried time.nist.gov and also got an error.

Perhaps they are down.

Use a different NIST server.

The NIST server that I use is at: 132.163.4.101
(time-A.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov)

Its a Stratum-1 clock and is very reliable. I've used it for years.

Plus, it is even physically located in the next room from the actual atomic
clock in Colorado!

 

[mareta]

I just tried time.nist.gov and also got an error.

Perhaps they are down.

Use a different NIST server.

The NIST server that I use is at: 132.163.4.101
(time-A.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov)

Its a Stratum-1 clock and is very reliable. I've used it for years.

Plus, it is even physically located in the next room from the actual
atomic clock in Colorado!

BTW: Use IP addresses (i.e., 132.163.4.101 ) for calling time and not the
FQDN (i.e., time-A.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov ).

That way time still gets through even should you have a DNS problem...

 

[bud]

Running XP with all the updates and when I go to update my Date and Time,
I keep getting the message that an 'error occurred while windows was
synchronizing with time.nist.gov.' That's all it says. I disengaged by
firewall and still get this error. This used to work but recently it
doesn't. Any ideas? thanks

I had to go into my router and set up port forwarding for UDP 123 in order
to get it to connect to the time servers. You might try that.

 

[James Silverton]

Claymore wrote on 14 Mar 2007 10:31:45 -0700:

??>> Running XP with all the updates and when I go to update my
??>> Date and Time, I keep getting the message that an 'error
??>> occurred while windows was synchronizing with
??>> time.nist.gov.' That's all it says. I disengaged
??>> by firewall and still get this error. This used to work
??>> but recently it doesn't. Any ideas? thanks

C> Try changing the time server to time.windows.com in the
C> Internet Time tab drop-down menu. I've had problems also
C> with time.nist.gov

The suggestion seems good. I've had occasional problems with
both of time.nist.gov and time.windows.com. Usually switching to
the other server allows synchronization.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

 

[James Silverton]

mareta wrote on Wed, 14 Mar 2007 13:39:27 -0400:


m> ??>> Running XP with all the updates and when I go to update my
??>> Date and Time, I keep getting the message that an 'error
??>> occurred while windows was synchronizing with
??>> time.nist.gov.' That's all it says. I disengaged by
??>> firewall and still get this error. This used to work but
??>> recently it doesn't. Any ideas? thanks

m> I just tried time.nist.gov and also got an error.

m> Perhaps they are down.

m> Use a different NIST server.

m> The NIST server that I use is at: 132.163.4.101
m> (time-A.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov)

m> Its a Stratum-1 clock and is very reliable. I've used it
m> for years.

I just tried to sychronize with time.nist.gov and got an error
message. People have said use a different port but how do you
tell Internet Time do it? Time.windows.com worked fine and I
will leave things set to use it. www.time.gov on the net is also
working.


James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

E-mail, with obvious alterations:
not.jim.silverton.at.comcast.not

 

[Guest]

Running XP with all the updates and when I go to update my Date and Time, I
keep getting the message that an 'error occurred while windows was
synchronizing with time.nist.gov.' That's all it says. I disengaged by
firewall and still get this error. This used to work but recently it
doesn't. Any ideas? thanks

time.nist.gov (and all of the other government-run stratum-1 servers like
tick.usno.navy.mil) are seriously overloaded, beacuse *everybody* uses them.

You should use us.pool.ntp.org (change the prefix if you're in a different
country) instead.

See http://www.pool.ntp.org for details.

 

[hvac]

use time-a.nist.gov this will work.
Herman

time.nist.gov (and all of the other government-run stratum-1 servers like
tick.usno.navy.mil) are seriously overloaded, beacuse *everybody* uses
them.

You should use us.pool.ntp.org (change the prefix if you're in a different
country) instead.

See http://www.pool.ntp.org for details.

 

[Guest]

use time-a.nist.gov this will work.
Herman

You should not use a stratum-1 time server for a client PC. It is a waste,
and the reason that NIST servers are grossly overloaded and sometimes
unavailable. Your Windows PC clock only has a resoltion of 16 ms, so you
don't need super-accurate time directly from NIST (but scientists and other
folks do actually need that accurate time).

Some of the national labs have turned off NTP service because their
bandwidth bills out-stretched their budgets. For eamples, see:
http://tinyurl.com/yoxhaw

Pool servers are accurate to within a few ms, and there are hundreds of them
load-balanced, so use those instead. Again, please see:
http://www.pool.ntp.org for details.

 

[Guest]

I cannot sync since early this year and i dont know how to add a different
"time server". How do i do that? I am a computer idiot here so i would
appreciate a step-by-step instructions because just saying "add server a
whatever" does not help me at all.

 

[Guest]

I cannot sync since early this year and i dont know how to add a different
"time server". How do i do that? I am a computer idiot here so i would
appreciate a step-by-step instructions because just saying "add server a
whatever" does not help me at all.

It sounds as though you might have a firewall blocking time queries from
your machine. If you do, that is probably a question for somebody else.
Windows built-in firewall would not cause this problem, so it would have to
be something 3rd party or "upstream" from you.

Assuming you do not ave a firewall causing problems, and are running some
flavor of Windows XP, here are the steps:

1) Go to the start menu, and choose "run"
2) Type in "cmd.exe" and hit OK.
3) At the command prompt window which appears, type in this exactly,
followed by the enter key:
w32tm /configure /manualpeerlist:"pool.ntp.org,0x1" /syncfromflags:MANUAL
/update
4) At the command prompt, type in this exactly, followed by the enter key:
w32tm /resync /rediscover

That should have your clock synchronizing correctly.

You can also check to see if you are having a firewall problem by typing
this at a command prompt:
w32tm /monitor /computersool.ntp.org

Using this monitor command, you can ignore the ICMP error if you get one,
but it should show the "offset" between your computer and the pool.ntp.org
time servers.

 

[bud]

I cannot sync since early this year and i dont know how to add a different
"time server". How do i do that? I am a computer idiot here so i would
appreciate a step-by-step instructions because just saying "add server a
whatever" does not help me at all.

Just double click the clock in your system tray. Click the internet time tab
and type in a different time server. Click apply. That's all there is to
adding a time server.

 

[Guest]

I tried w32tm /monitor /computersool.ntp.org
but the command is unknown?