From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Aug 18 21:43:52 2002 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 7310737B400 for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:43:48 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta07.mail.mel.aone.net.au (mta07.mail.au.uu.net [203.2.192.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4A1AC43E4A for ; Sun, 18 Aug 2002 21:43:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au) Received: from pootah ([63.60.11.82]) by mta10.mail.mel.aone.net.au with SMTP id <20020819041818.NAGT15330.mta10.mail.mel.aone.net.au@pootah>; Mon, 19 Aug 2002 14:18:18 +1000 Message-ID: <033f01c24736$f28f9f60$0b64a8c0@pootah> From: "Rob B" To: "MET" Cc: References: <002101c24529$605b7f60$6901a8c0@SURVIVAL> Subject: Re: Setting the Time || Public Time Servers Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 14:14:42 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Original Message ----- From: "MET" To: "'Rob B'" Cc: Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 11:32 PM Subject: RE: Setting the Time || Public Time Servers > Well I did happen to setup on a stratum two server, mostly by luck. Why > is it considered 'bad form'? Is it because stratum two servers use > stratum 1 or something along those lines? The load placed on stratum 1 servers is pretty hihg, and stratum 2 servers are able to sync pretty close to stratum 1 anyway. Most people who need an absolutely accurate time signal sould use GPS or radio oscillator, not ntp. Cheers, Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob B [mailto:rbyrnes@ozemail.com.au] > Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 7:48 PM > To: MET > Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: RE: Setting the Time || Public Time Servers > > > At 13:11 15/08/2002 -0400, MET sent this up the stick: > >Where would I get a list of ntpd servers so that I can run > > > > ntpdate_enable="YES" > > ntpdate_flags="-b -t10 -u ntp1.example.com ntp2.example.com" > > > >Or > > > > xntpd_enable="YES" > > xntpd_flags="-g -p /var/run/ntpd.pid" > > ntpdate only sets the system clock at boot, xntpd keeps checking to > correct > for drift. > > Make sure you ONLY sync against stratum 2 servers, it's poor form to > sync > against a stratum 1 server. > > Cheers, > Rob > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > >[mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Roman > >Neuhauser > >Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 4:06 AM > >To: MET > >Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > >Subject: Re: Setting the Time || Public Time Servers > > > > > > > From: "MET" > > > To: > > > Subject: Setting the Time || Public Time Servers > > > Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 19:35:33 -0400 > > > > > > How would I make my BSD machine get its time from something like a > > > public time server so that reports the correct time? > > > > If you boot your machine often, you may want to use ntpdate. It > > synces on startup only. > > > > ntpdate_enable="YES" > > ntpdate_flags="-b -t10 -u ntp1.example.com ntp2.example.com" > > > > If your machine stays up for extended periods of time, you would > > prefer ntpd, which synces every 64 - 1024 seconds. > > > > xntpd_enable="YES" > > xntpd_flags="-g -p /var/run/ntpd.pid" > > > > /etc/ntp.conf: > > server ntp1.example.com > > server ntp2.example.com > > server ntp3.example.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message