Time Synchronization Solutions Guide The following list provides details of some manufacturers and suppliers of hardware and software for maintaining client and NetWare server time. Please note that inclusion in this list does not constitute certification or recommendation of any of these products. The list is sorted in alphabetical order of manufacturer name. Software : Cadence (NLM) Hardware : COM1:/COM2: Serial Port Source : NIST Supplier : C-Note Software, Inc St Louis, MO USA Telephone : +1 314 997 9689 Fax : +1 314 997 9666 Internet : C-NOTE@POLYGON.COM Provides NLM which can synchronize to NIST and NBS time sources via dial-up modem. Software : DOS Device Driver (DOS) Hardware : DCF77 Clock Source : DCF77 Supplier : Conrod Electronics PO Box 12, 7500 AA Enschede Netherlands Tel : +31 53 282000 Fax : +31 53 283075 Provides software and hardware in kit or ready-built form for DOS PCs to allow synchronization to the DCF77 Mainflingen clock. Software : TimeBase (DOS/Windows) Hardware : TimeBase Source : MSF Rugby Supplier : Infotec Limited 12, The Courtyard Whitwick Business Park Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 4JP UK Tel : +44 530 832828 Fax : +44 530 832475 Provide external hardware clock plus DOS and Windows drivers to allow synchronization of workstation time from the MSF Rugby source. NLM driver available soon. Software : WANTimes (DOS) Hardware : COM1:/COM2: Serial Port Source : NIST Supplier : Legal File Software USA CSERVE : 71224,161 NetWare client software which dials NIST then sets the clocks of all File Servers to the time received. This software can be downloaded from the Compuserve NOVUSER forum as the file WANTIM.ZIP. Software : DOS Device Driver (DOS) Hardware : Rugby Clock Receiver Kit Source : MSF Rugby Supplier : Maplin Electronics PO Box 3, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 8LR UK Telephone : +44 702 552911 Provides software and hardware in kit form for DOS PCs to allow synchronization to the MSF Rugby clock. Can be used with NSETTIME.EXE to allow setting of the server time. Software : Time Master (NLM,DOS,OS/2) Hardware : Contact MDI for details Sources : WWVB, DCF77, NIST, NRC Supplier : MDI, 311 B Avenue, Suite A Lake Oswego Oregon 97034 USA Telephone : +1 503 635 6370 Fax : +1 503 636 9501 Provides a Time Master (TM.NLM) and Time Slave (TS.NLM) which may be used to synchronize time on 2.x, 3.x and 4.x servers as well as device drivers for DOS and OS/2 workstations. Software : MK-Netclock (NLM/VAP/SYS) Hardware : Contact Mueller-Knoche Sources : DCF-77 Supplier : Mueller-Knoche GmbH Schleswiger Strasse 1-5 90425 Nuernberg Germany Telephone : +49 911 934880 Fax : +49 911 93498835 Provides Time Synchronization module as NLM, VAP or SYS which synchronizes to an NLM/Hardware device on a central timeserver. Software : RDATE.NLM (NLM) Hardware : None Sources : Unix Time Server Supplier : MurkWorks PO Box 631 Potsdam, NY USA Telephone : +1 315 265 4717 Fax : +1 315 268 9812 Provides NLM which synchronizes with a Unix time source using NNTP over TCP/IP. Software : NSETTIME.EXE (DOS) Hardware : None Source : Workstation Time Supplier : Networth Inc, BBS USA Tel : +1 214 929 1700 BBS : +1 214 929 4882 Internet : FTP NETCOM.COM /pub/cls/ftp Program available on Networth BBS which sets the File Server time to the current workstation time. Can be used together with any of the DOS time synchronization packages to set the time on one or more file server. Software : RTCTOOLS.NLM (NLM) Hardware : CTS-10 Card Source : WWVB Supplier : Odetics, Inc via Personal Computer Tools 90 Industrial Park RD Hingham, MA 02043 USA Telephone : +1 800 767 6728 Fax : +1 617 740 2728 Provides hardware card, antenna and RTCTOOLS.NLM software for receiving WWVB broadcast. Software : Time:LAN! (DOS/NLM) Hardware : External clock Source : DCF77 Supplier : Tobit Software D-4422 Ahaus Germany Telephone : +49 2561 40001 Provides hardware and software to allow synchronization of client and/or server to DCF77 time source. TIMESG.TXT Created : 28 Jan 94 Revised : 02 Mar 94 Marcus Williamson MHS : MJWILLIA@NOVELL INT : MJWILLIA@NOVELL.COM CIS : 71333,1665 EOF