What's new in Network Time System 2.6
Mar 24, 2023
- SERVER and CLIENT APPLICATIONS:
- Added:
- Support of Windows dark mode in Network Time System Manager
- Support of high-DPI displays in Network Time System Manager
- Fixed:
- GUI bugs
New in Network Time System 2.5.3 (Dec 6, 2022)
- Fixed:
- Issue with NTS Client's system service on some configurations
New in Network Time System 2.5.1 (Jun 13, 2022)
- SERVER APPLICATION:
- Added:
- Support of $INZDA, $GPZDA, $INRMC, $GPGGA and $GNGGA sequences for GPS NMEA protocol
- Improved:
- Correct stratum and reference (NTS2, GPS, source IP) values in NTP replies
- CLIENT APPLICATION:
- Fixed:
- Minor GUI bugs
New in Network Time System 2.4.2 (Mar 16, 2021)
- SERVER APPLICATION:
- Fixed:
- Possible crashes if incorrect incoming data is received by NTSv2 TCP Server
- Unquoted path vulnerability for NTSServerSvc service ("NTSServerSvc.exe")
- CLIENT APPLICATION:
- Fixed:
- Unquoted path vulnerability for NTSClientSvc service ("NTSClientSvc.exe")
New in Network Time System 2.4.1 (Apr 16, 2019)
- SERVER APPLICATION:
- Updated:
- Default time server address
New in Network Time System 2.4 (Apr 27, 2018)
- SERVER APPLICATION:
- Fixed:
- Issue with applying built in firewall's IP address ranges
- CLIENT APPLICATION:
- Added:
- Optional logging settings
- "Sync now" button for manual time synchronization
New in Network Time System 2.3.4 (Apr 18, 2016)
- Added:
- COM port speed selection when NMEA 0183 time source is used
- Handling of NTP port 123 that is already in use by stopping Windows Time (w32time) service
New in Network Time System 2.3.2 (Dec 3, 2015)
- SERVER APPLICATION - Fixed:
- Issue with busy or unavailable COM port with GPS receiver used as time source
- Issue with high CPU load with GPS receiver used as time source
New in Network Time System 2.3.1 (Oct 28, 2015)
- Extended:
- Option to apply/not apply time from external source based on time correction value
- Improved:
- Correction value based synchronization algorithm
New in Network Time System 2.3 (Oct 8, 2015)
- SERVER APPLICATION:
- Added
- Option to apply/not apply time from external source based on time correction value
New in Network Time System 2.2 (Sep 23, 2014)
- SERVER APPLICATION
- Added:
- NMEA 0183 GPS receivers as time sources (via COM/USB/Bluetooth ports, TCP/IP, UDP multicasting)
- Option to not sync clients if server itself is not yet synced
- Updated:
- NTSv2 protocol
- CLIENT APPLICATION
- Updated:
- NTSv2 protocol
New in Network Time System 2.1.2 (Mar 26, 2014)
- Updated:
- Default time server address
New in Network Time System 2.1.1 (Jan 9, 2014)
- System service memory leak
New in Network Time System 2.1 (Nov 21, 2013)
- Ability to enable and disable specified protocols hosted by SERVER APPLICATION
- "Number of failed connections" counter on "External Time Sources" tab
- Advanced logging settings
- Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 support
New in Network Time System 2.0.1 (Mar 1, 2013)
- Fixed in CLIENT APPLICATION:
- "Licensing" tab interface
- Incorrect handling of UDP broadcasts
New in Network Time System 2.0 (Feb 18, 2013)
- SERVER APPLICATION:
- Added
- Support of all versions of Windows (from 2000 to Server 2012)
- 32 and 64-bit editions
- NTP/SNTP protocol hosting
- Responses in UTC or local time
- Custom offset from hosted time
- Licensing manager
- Administrative restrictions for connected NTS Clients
- Terminal Services environment compatibility
- Group Policy deployment capabilities (with .MSI installer)
- Updated
- NTS time protocol (NTSv2)
- Improved
- Server statistics panel
- CLIENT APPLICATION:
- Added
- Support of all versions of Windows (from 2000 to Server 2012)
- 32 and 64-bit editions
- Locating NTS Server by resolving "timeserver.nts" host
- Terminal Services environment compatibility
- Group Policy deployment capabilities (with .MSI installer)
- Updated
- NTS time protocol (NTSv2)
- Improved
- Client statistics panel
New in Network Time System 1.5.1 (Nov 1, 2006)
- Some installation issues were solved