Re: NTP client for 400

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

OK Version warp.  Yes V5R1 did have the client it was V4R5 that didn't.  
But I'm SURE that V5R3 is the first with a server!  And you are correct 
that it doesn't set the hardware clock until V5R3.

- Larry

vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> Are you srue, Larry? On our V5R1 there is STRTCPSVR *NTP - this is not really a 
> server, it is the client. You set it up in Navigator, with the SNTP server you 
> want to use.
>
> Problem with this thing is that, in V5R1 and V5R2 it sets just the software 
> clock. I had to write a little thingy to retrieve that value at some scheduled 
> time and set the hardware clock to match. Not hard.
>
> In V5R3 it sets the hardware clock.
>
> The Consult Line thing was cool - it used to cost just $400 for an enterprise 
> and included both a server and client that ran on the 400. It set the hardware 
> clock.
>
> Vern
>
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>
>  
>
> > V5R2 has a client piece. V5R1 does not. 
> >
> > - Larry 
> >
> >    

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