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From:Alan Buxey
Date:29 Aug 2001 at 10:35:46
Subject:Re: Time servers.

hi,

> No, not another thread asking how to set up a time server in Miami/GENESiS.
>
> Instead, I'd like to know how to get the time off of one! Not strictly an
> Amiga question, but I've always wondered. Which port do I connect to and how
> do I ask it for the time?

NTP runs on port 123 on a timeserver, theres plenty of RFCs that tell you
all about it - you might also want to download the opensource code of
xntpd (eg from Linux) that'll show you exactly how its done.

alan

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