Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 11:13:58 -0500 From: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> To: Joel Rees <joel@alpsgiken.gr.jp> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accurate time without a network connection? Message-ID: <20030423161358.GA24633@grumpy.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20030423175412.B1F6.JOEL@alpsgiken.gr.jp> References: <4B518202-74F8-11D7-BCB7-003065ABFD92@mac.com> <20030422194413.GC13774@grumpy.dyndns.org> <20030423175412.B1F6.JOEL@alpsgiken.gr.jp>
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2003 at 05:58:47PM +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 03:26:19PM -0400, Charles Swiger wrote: > > > > As for exactly what time the systems have, it doesn't much matter as > > long as they all have the same time. > > If you're serious about it not mattering exactly what time they have, > what's the problem with letting one machine be the time server, letting > it tune itself and then free run, and syncing all the rest to the > slightly-off-time-server? Because the other systems do not have a link to the first. I could sync them all to a common source they could *hear* but the customer won't allow them to *talk* to anything. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@hiwaay.net ===================================================================== The human mind ordinarily operates at only ten percent of its capacity -- the rest is overhead for the operating system.
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