From owner-freebsd-isp Sat Jan 1 5:43:56 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from ns2.jjsoft.com (fig2.figdav.com [208.152.114.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A1C214F74 for ; Sat, 1 Jan 2000 05:43:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jahanur@jjsoft.com) Received: from localhost (jahanur@localhost) by ns2.jjsoft.com (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id HAA08875; Sat, 1 Jan 2000 07:43:35 -0600 (CST) Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2000 07:43:35 -0600 (CST) From: jahanur To: Dave Cc: freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Public ntp servers In-Reply-To: <386DC1BA.64D04959@fil.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Happy new year to you. Thank you for the help. Jahanur On Sat, 1 Jan 2000, Dave wrote: > 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