Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:36:09 -0700 From: "Brock, Anthony - NET" <Anthony.Brock@oregonstate.edu> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Proper Method of Time Sync? Message-ID: <7B4268E5ACB878429B58D4BE5B780E83507BCB@NWS-EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu>
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At 11:40 AM 4/14/2006, Jonathan Horne wrote: >i have read about 2 methods to sync the time on a freebsd box. >...i have a workstation and a server, which i originally did method=20 >1 on, but soon enough, time drifted quite a bit. so i switched it=20 >to the 2nd method, and they appear to be sync'd perfectly. a third=20 >box i set up, i did only method 2, and this one did not stay synced=20 >at all. after i manually ran 'ntpdate -v -b us.pool.ntp.org', this=20 >box straightend up. Also, you should consider using one of the NTP server pools instead of hard-coding one. This gives you one of several low-stratum servers each time you boot and distributes the load for the time servers: server pool.ntp.org If you're in the US, you could a regional server with: server us.pool.ntp.org In the UK: server uk.pool.ntp.org Tony
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