Description

What you need

You need Warp V3 or Warp V4 with TCP/IP or the IBM Internet Access Kit (IAK) installed to run this software.
IMPORTANT: This package needs a DLL named RXSOCK.DLL. If you have Warp V3 WITHOUT TCP/IP installed (Internet Access Kit only), you must get the DLL mentioned above this site or hobbes and copy it to your /tcpip/dll directory.

Where to find a time server

There are many public time servers available in the Internet. The following Webpage contains an excellent list of time servers open to the public: http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html.

Important: Be sure to use a time server located near yourself to ensure that

• there are short transmission times
• the server has the same timezone

 You can install this NTP client on any OS/2 system with Warp V3 or Warp V4 which has access to the Internet. If you are behind a SOCKS firewall, you can enable the general SOCKS gateway of Warp 4 since this NTP client doesn't offer the usage of a SOCKS gateway. Many users install this NTP client on an OS/2 system running a LAN-Server. All those clients (LAN-Requesters) adjust their time using the following LAN-Requester command: NET TIME \\SERVER01 /SET /YES where 'SERVER01' is the name of your LAN-Server. If the TIMESOURCE service is activated on your LAN- Server, your OS/2 client will adjust its time automatically.
Another fine way is to add the NTP client as an autostart job to your Internet Dialer (if you don't have a leased line). This automatically adjust your time when accessing the Internet.

Redistribute the received time within your local network

Your OS/2 LAN Requesters will automatically adjust their time if TIMESOURCE service is active on your OS/2 LAN-Server. However, if you don't use a LAN Server/Requester architecture inside your network, you may want to redistribute the correct time using TCP/IP and the Network Time Protocol (NTP). All you need is a NTP Server server software on a system which gets its own time from a precise server on the Internet using the NTP client.
Click here to receive a copy of the latest NTP Server (36 kB). The program doesn't require any input or parameter. It provides a DAYTIME service on port 13. Be aware that the DAYTIME service distributes your local time without any timezone information.

Highlights

• OS/2 NTP Client Application
• Definable time synchronization interval
• Supports DAYTIME servers at TCP/IP port #13
• Supports TIME servers at TCP/IP port #37
• Ideal for LAN-Servers
• It's freeware

New in this version

• New /NOBACK switch added. (1.07)
• Problem fixed if time server delivers an empty time string. (1.07)
• NTP can handle another special time format which has some timezone info appended to the returned DAYTIME string (1.06)
• Some WinNT DAYTIME Servers return an exotic time format. NTP also supports these exotic formats (1.05)
• Now supports 'Half-Hour' timezones using a TIME server (1.04)

More about the NTP protocol

Downloads

• Download the current Version 1.07 from this site (23 kB)
• Download the current NTP Server (36 kB)