FG
💻 Software

Windows clients not using NTP server provided via DHCP

Fresh7 days ago
Mar 15, 202620291 views
Confidence Score0%
0%

Problem

I have a network consisting mostly of Windows Vista and 7 clients and an Ubuntu server. The server provides both the DHCP and NTP services through and . In my , the subnet is declared as follows: The clients don't seem to be using the NTP server though. When I capture the network traffic with Wires…

Error Output

subnet 10.10.10.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
        range 10.10.10.10 10.10.10.200;
        option broadcast-address 10.10.10.255;
        option route…

Unverified for your environment

Select your OS to check compatibility.

1 Fix

Canonical Fix
Unverified Fix
New Fix – Awaiting Verification

Fix for: Windows clients not using NTP server provided via DHCP

Low Risk

The registry key indicates that Windows doesn't actually make use of the required option that would set the NTP server (DHCP option 42). The Microsoft Support article DHCP Options Supported by Clients indicates that adding additional keys here will …

Awaiting Verification

Be the first to verify this fix

Sign in to verify this fix

Environment