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N E T W O R K T I M E P R O T O C O L ( N T P )
Configuring the NTP Server
above will be assumed in the example configuration commands shown
here.
• You have installed NTP on your client computer.
• You have successfully performed the
Windows: Basic NTP Client Setup
on your client computer.
Create the ntp.keys File
You must create a file named
ntp.keys
in the
/program files/ntp/etc
directory (for example). It must
be a copy of the one residing in the
/etc
directory of your Meridian II. You can
telnet
into your
Meridian II and start an
ftp
session with your client computer to send the Meridian II
/etc/ntp.keys
file to your client computer, or use the secure copy utility
scp
, or use a text editor to create the
equivalent file. Although you should first test your setup using the factory default
/etc/ntp.keys
file in
your Meridian II server, you should create your own keys after you understand the process and have
your clients operating correctly with the default file.
Handling of the
\program files\ntp\etc\ntp.keys
file is the weak link in the MD5 authentication
scheme. It is very important that it is owned by “administrator” and not readable by anyone other than
“administrator”.
After transferring the file, make sure that its security properties are set such that it is readable only by the
“administrator”.
Configure NTP
Add these lines to the end of the
ntp.conf
file, but substitute your particular directory path for the one
shown (
program files\ntp\etc
):
keys \program files\ntp\etc\ntp.keys
trustedkey 1 2
Modify the line added previously in
Windows: Basic NTP Client Setup
so that authentication will be
used with the Meridian II server using one of the trusted keys, in this case, key # 1:
server 192.168.1.120 key 1
Restart
ntpd.exe
to have it begin using the Meridian II server with MD5 authentication. By default,
the NTP installation program installs
ntpd.exe
as a service called Network Time Protocol, and starts
it. You must use the Services utility in Control Panel to stop the Network Time Protocol service and
then restart it.
Use the NTP utility
ntpq.exe
to check that
ntpd.exe
is able to communicate with the Meridian II.
From a console window, after issuing the command
ntpq
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