{"id":126,"date":"2025-03-22T02:46:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T01:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/?p=126"},"modified":"2025-03-31T00:52:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-30T23:52:39","slug":"configure-windows-server-to-query-an-external-ntp-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/2025\/03\/22\/configure-windows-server-to-query-an-external-ntp-server\/","title":{"rendered":"Configure Windows Server to query an external NTP Server"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The steps below can be used to configure a windows server or desktop computer to query an external NTP server such as pool.ntp.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Step 1: Info<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is generally performed on DCs in an Active Directory domain. Then all workstations use AD to get time from the DCs. This could also be used on a non-DC windows machine to be your NTP server for your network that you point to for all of your switches\/routers and various other devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Again, it doesn\u2019t have to be a DC, but it makes sense for it to be, as it\u2019s not very resource intensive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Step 2: Elevated prompt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Open the command prompt as administrator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You could also use a PowerShell prompt instead of command prompt if you want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Step 3: Stop the time service<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

net stop w32time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Step 4: Set the manual peer list external servers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

w32tm \/config \/syncfromflags:manual \/manualpeerlist:\u201c0.be.pool.ntp.org<\/a>,1.be.pool.ntp.org<\/a>,2.be.pool.ntp.org<\/a>,3.be.pool.ntp.org<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Step 5: Set the connection as reliable<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

w32tm \/config \/reliable:yes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Step 6: Start the time service back up<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

net start w32time<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Step 7: Test the configururation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

w32tm \/query \/configuration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

and<\/p>\n\n\n\n

w32tm \/query \/status<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The steps below can be used to configure a windows server or desktop computer to query an external NTP server such as pool.ntp.org. Step 1: Info This is generally performed on DCs in an Active Directory domain. Then all workstations use AD to get time from the DCs. This could also be used on a non-DC […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-126","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cold-vibes.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}