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Network connectivity is open to all residential students and faculty. If you wish to participate you must have a computer with a fully configured and functional network interface card that also meets the minimum specifications.

Our servers have a high level of encryption that is dependent upon the accuracy of your computer's time. Your computer must be within 2 minutes of the real time (UTC), in order for you to login on any academy server. Follow the instructions below to change the time on your computer.
Today is: 9/7/2008
The current time is: 5:59:42 PM EST
Macintosh OS 10
PC with Windows XP
  1. Click on the time in the upper right corner of the screen and scroll to Open Date and Time.

  2. Choose the Network Time tab.

  3. Check the box next to Use a network time server.

  4. Type time.andover.edu in the NTP Server location and click Set Time Now.

  5. A message should display, "Synchronization Succeeded".
 
  1. Double Click the time displayed in the lower right corner of the screen.

  2. Adjust the Date and Time as necessary.

  3. Verify that the Time Zone is set to Eastern Daylight Time. If not, choose Eastern from the Time Zone tab on the pull down menu.

  4. Check the box next to Daylight Savings Time on the Time Zone tab.

Optional . . .

  1. To sync to the servers time, choose Start, Run, and type cmd

  2. At the command prompt type:

(on campus only)
net time /SETSNTP:time.andover.edu

(off campus only)
net time /SETSNTP:ntp2.usno.navy.mil

 
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