Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 23:17:29 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: Benjamin Krueger <benjamin@macguire.net> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: time servers nearish Vancouver Message-ID: <20020323041656.A02023F29@bast.unixathome.org> In-Reply-To: <20020322200120.D17681@rain.macguire.net> References: <20020323033242.31E383F29@bast.unixathome.org>; from dan@langille.org on Fri, Mar 22, 2002 at 10:33:18PM -0500
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On 22 Mar 2002 at 20:01, Benjamin Krueger wrote: > * Dan Langille (dan@langille.org) [020322 19:30]: > > I'm looking for a reasonably reliable time server somewhere near > > Vancouver. Any suggestions? > A list of Public NTP Stratum 1 and 2 servers can be found at: > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock1.htm DOH! I recognize that URL! It's at http://www.freebsddiary.org/xntpd.php.... I hate it when I don't read my own stuff. > You may also want to investigate whether your ISP runs an NTP server. A > decent self respecting one should. =P I know paralynx in Vancouver does, > at least. They are a colocation. They don't. I'm going to see if I can convince them. > I am in Seattle, and use bigben at the University of Washington as my > primary as it is a Stratum 1 USNO GPS Server. That is about as accurate and > authoritative as they get. > bigben.cac.washington.edu (CNAME ntp-uw.usno.navy.mil) > Location: University of Washington, Seattle, Washington > Synchronization: NTP V3 primary (TrueTime GPS-VME) > Access Policy: open access for stratum 2 servers and UW clients, others by > arrangement *cough* Which of those categories do you fit into? ;) > There are quite a few Stratum 1 servers in Saskatchewan, and at least some > have open access policies. > > There is another Stratum 1 server you might try if you have Stratum 2 > status; it would be fun for shits and giggles. > > US WA time-nw.nist.gov (131.107.1.10) > Location: Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington > Synchronization: ACTS Dial-up and lockclock algorithm, DEC Alpha/UNIX > Service Area: NorthWestNet, NSFnet > US WA time-nw.nist.gov (131.107.1.10) I'm using: $ more /etc/ntp.conf server ntp.cpsc.ucalgary.ca server time.chu.nrc.ca server time.nrc.ca server timelord.uregina.ca All are open access for either Canada or Western Canada. I'm very careful to ensure that I use only those servers I'm allowed to use. ;) -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary - http://freebsddiary.org/ - practical examples To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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