From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 14 16:36:11 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F3E316A406 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:36:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Anthony.Brock@oregonstate.edu) Received: from smtp1.oregonstate.edu (smtp1.oregonstate.edu [128.193.0.11]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C48A443D45 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:36:10 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Anthony.Brock@oregonstate.edu) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp1.oregonstate.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 869CF1282C7 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:36:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smtp1.oregonstate.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp1 [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 32419-02 for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:36:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from NWS-EXSMTP.nws.oregonstate.edu (nws-exsmtp.nws.oregonstate.edu [128.193.7.124]) by smtp1.oregonstate.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6451E12819E for ; Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:36:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from NWS-EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu ([128.193.7.74]) by NWS-EXSMTP.nws.oregonstate.edu with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:36:10 -0700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 09:36:09 -0700 Message-ID: <7B4268E5ACB878429B58D4BE5B780E83507BCB@NWS-EXCH2.nws.oregonstate.edu> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: Thread-Topic: Proper Method of Time Sync? thread-index: AcZf3Wkj4VoxkPPvQBm3wwxoayGWdwAAu+CQ From: "Brock, Anthony - NET" To: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Apr 2006 16:36:10.0268 (UTC) FILETIME=[89509DC0:01C65FE1] X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at oregonstate.edu X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[none] X-Spam-Level: Subject: RE: Proper Method of Time Sync? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:36:11 -0000 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