Microsoft KB Archive/159167

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{| The information in this article applies to:
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 * Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server versions 3.5, 3.51, and 4.0

SUMMARY
This articles describes how a time server is located when a client computer attempts to synchronize the time with a time source server.

MORE INFORMATION
A Time Source server actually advertises itself through the browser functionality. You can obtain of list of the services running on a computer using the BROWSTAT utility from the Windows NT Resource Kit. To obtain this information about the services running on this computer, do the following:

Obtain a list of all active transports by typing the following command from a Windows NT command prompt: browstat status [-v] [Domain] This will return a list similar to the below:

Status for domain DOMAIN_NAME on transport \Device\NwlnkIpx Browsing is active on domain.

Master browser is running build 1057

A. Backup servers retrieved from master DOMAIN_NAME

Note: You will have a listing like the above for each transport available. B. List servers participating in browsing and show services available.

Type the following command to retrieve the services that are available on each individual transport. For example, BROWSTAT VIEW browstat view \Device\NwlnkIpx This will return a list similar to the one below:

Remoting NetServerEnum to \\FLAXON on transport \device\nwlnkipx with flags ffffffff 7 entries returned. 7 total. 20 milliseconds

\\ADMHAYN      NT   03.51 (W,S,NT,TS,PBR) \\AMINGRAH     WFW  04.00 (W,S,WFW,PBR) \\AGROBER      NT   03.51 (W,S,NT,PBR,MBR) \\ASTROLL      NT   04.00 (W,S,NT,TS,PBR,BBR,MBR) \\BATCAVE      NT   04.00 (W,S,NT,PBR,MBR) \\BTSHEET      NT   03.51 (W,S,NT,PBR,MBR) \\BTWAY        NT   04.00 (W,S,NT,PBR)

NOTE: See the Rktools.hlp file for details on all of the BROWSTAT flags. The TS entry shown above for the first and fourth entries is for the Time Source service.
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Last reviewed: November 17, 1997

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