Issue
Why is the Niagara G3 Time Sync Service not working with time.nist.gov?
Environment
- Niagara G3
- time.nist.gov
Cause
As of April 2007 the server time.nist.gov no longer responds to requests for time in the "Time Protocol" format defined in RFC-868.
Resolution
As an alternative, try time-a.nist.gov or time-b.nist.gov
As of April 2007 the server time.nist.gov no longer responds to requests for time in the "Time Protocol" format defined in RFC-868.
All of the other NIST servers (except for time-nw.nist.gov) will continue to respond to requests to either tcp or udp port 37 for time in the format specified in RFC-868.
"Time Protocol" used by the TimeSyncService has been superseded by a more sophisticated and more accurate one known as "Network Time Protocol" (NTP for short) defined in RFC-1305
The newer protocol is supported in Niagara G3 version 3.4 and newer and it is configured through the platform service of the station.