From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Jan 1 0:59: 2 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mail.fil.net (mail.fil.net [202.57.102.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8742D14DC7 for ; Sat, 1 Jan 2000 00:58:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dave@fil.net) Received: from fil.net ([202.57.102.6]) by mail.fil.net (Netscape Messaging Server 3.62) with ESMTP id 121; Sat, 1 Jan 2000 16:58:37 +0800 Message-ID: <386DC1BA.64D04959@fil.net> Date: Sat, 01 Jan 2000 16:58:34 +0800 From: "Dave" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.6 [en] (WinNT; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jahanur Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Public ntp servers References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org jahanur wrote: > > I have created the drift file but left it empty becuase I dont know how > much is the offset time is. So I thought I was doing somthing wrong. I > just wanted to make sure. > > Thank You again. > > Jahanur I always just copy my "standard" ntp.conf file into /etc directory and add to the bottom of /etc/rc.conf: xntpd_enable="YES" xntpd_flags="-c /etc/ntp.conf" My ntp.conf file says: server clock.nc.fukuoka-u.ac.jp driftfile /etc/ntp.drift You will want to use something close and upstream to you. (I'm in the Philippines and buy bandwidth from Japan.) REBOOT and about an hour later xntpd creates and writes the /etc/ntp.drift file for me. I am told adding more servers will make you more stable, but I have yet to find the one I use down. I am not sure if you just add more lines like: server clock.nc.fukuoka-u.ac.jp There is something in the man about priorities, but I never figured it out... Anyone care to offer a sample? Dave -- ----------------------------------- Filipino Network Solution - Fil.Net ----------------------------------- ********************************************************* *** I switched to FreeBSD from When?Doze because... *** *** I never knew When? - It was going to Doze! ;) *** ********************************************************* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message