Network+ · AP Networking — Lab

Time Sync Bench · Northwind Audio

net 172.22.14.0/24
assignmentId: netplus-ntp-timesync

The job

Northwind Audio books three live rooms by the hour. The booking log lives on the Linux host nw-loghost; the front desk takes walk-ins on the Windows workstation NW-FRONTDESK. Their clocks have drifted apart, so the same session shows two start times and Studio B keeps getting double-booked.

Fix the drift the right way: make nw-loghost a working time source on the LAN, then point the front-desk workstation at it and confirm both ends agree. You're signed in as root on the Linux box and as the desk operator on Windows.

root@nw-loghost:~ — Rocky Linux 9

Type a command and press Enter. Try help if you're stuck.

[root@nw-loghost ~]#

NW-FRONTDESK — Command Prompt

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.22631.4317] Type a command and press Enter. Try help if you're stuck.

C:\Users\frontdesk>

Task checklist

Install the time service on nw-loghostuse the dnf package manager
Enable and start the serviceit should come up now and on boot
Verify it's runningcheck the service state with systemctl
Find this host's IPv4 addressthe workstation will need it
Set the time source on NW-FRONTDESKmanual peer = the loghost address
Restart the Windows time serviceso the new config takes effect
Confirm the sync sourcequery status and read the Source line

Check questions

1. After you check it, what state does the time service report on nw-loghost?

2. What IPv4 address must you give the workstation as its time source?

3. NTP carries time over which transport-layer port number?

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Score 0 / 10

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