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I have 3 servers and want to sync time from one server.  also I want the clients to pull time from the server.  Currently I have the net time \\servername /set /yes line on my logon script.  I just want to verify that I have is set correctly.  What will I need to so on the "server" that the script is refering to to ensure that the time is syncing from an outside resource?
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good post> although I am recieving an error in my events that states
source: w32time
eventid: 38
time prvider cannot be reached or is currently recieving invalid time data from ntp2.usno.navy.mil

has anyone seen this before?
We're also hitting one of the navy's atomic clocks and that message will frequently popup.  Let it run for a day or 2 and you should see success and failure messages intermingled in there.  At least for AD, as long as everything's sync'd with each other, it should be ok.  Hopefully, your server can keep good enough time that it won't get too far off if it can't reach a time server for a few days.  If all you get are failure messages, though, then there's a definite problem.  Check the usual:  ports on the firewall are opened, you have good net connectivity, that's the right name for the ntp server, etc.

As for the deeper question as to why it sometimes can't connect... I haven't looked into it, but I have my suspicions.  Network congestion?  the remote server's slammed?  Too many users streaming media? C'est la vie.