From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Jan 20 13:25: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from phoenix.volant.org (phoenix.volant.org [205.179.79.193]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D2B99152C6 for ; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:24:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from patl@phoenix.volant.org) Received: from asimov.phoenix.volant.org ([205.179.79.65]) by phoenix.volant.org with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #8) id 12BP3u-0000QF-00; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:24:14 -0800 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by asimov.phoenix.volant.org (8.9.1b+Sun/8.9.1) with SMTP id NAA11384; Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:23:56 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 13:23:56 -0800 (PST) From: patl@phoenix.volant.org Reply-To: patl@phoenix.volant.org Subject: Re: time sync problem--ntpdate AND xntpd?? To: Walter Brameld Cc: Mitch Collinsworth , Sean Noonan , questions@FreeBSD.ORG, noonans@home.com In-Reply-To: <388645D4.AAB8CDE0@twave.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 19-Jan-00 at 15:15, Walter Brameld (brameld@twave.net) wrote: > How does one go about finding reliable time sources? There's a very good chance that the router at the upstream end of your link is an NTP server. Try a traceroute to almost anywhere to get the FQDN or IP address of the router; then try ntptrace to the router to see if it will serve you NTP. -Pat To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message