Archive for September, 2010
A Guide To NTP And Computer Network Time Synchronisation
Network Time Protocol (NTP) is one of the Internet’s oldest protocols. In use for over 25 years, NTP is still under development with version 4 currently in progress. Put simply, NTP is a computer protocol that is used to synchronise the clocks of computer systems; usually to an authoritative time reference such as UTC (Coordinated Universal Time or Temps Universel Coordonné) which became the international standard of time after the development of atomic clocks.
Without NTP, time would not be consistent over any two computers, let alone a network of hundreds or thousands of machines Seconds would be lost here and gained there, causing major confusion, as time, in the form of timestamps, is intrinsically important to the function of routers and networks. It provides the only frame of reference between all devices on a network NTP is now everywhere and is an integral part of modern computer networking, as inventor and developer, Dr David Mills from the University of Delaware explains
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Choose the Best Computer Network Solution For Your Small to Medium Business
Your business is growing. You’ve added 2 new staff members in the past year, and all 5 employees are complaining about the increasing difficulty of sharing files. Your billing database is on a computer which can only be accessed by your administrative assistant, and you are concerned about not having a centralized backup of the files being saved on each employee’s computer. If this all sounds familiar, it may be time to implement a computer network.
In this discussion, we’ll look at two main computer network solutions for small and medium businesses. We’ll explore the pros and cons of each type so that you can decide which network might be the best solution for your business.
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