From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 2 20:45:49 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A2FA1065674 for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:45:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from merlyn@stonehenge.com) Received: from red.stonehenge.com (red.stonehenge.com [IPv6:2607:f2f8:3080::]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 438B28FC0C for ; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 20:45:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: by red.stonehenge.com (Postfix, from userid 1001) id C0DD632D68; Mon, 2 Aug 2010 13:45:48 -0700 (PDT) From: merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz) To: Ed Flecko References: x-mayan-date: Long count = 12.19.17.10.8; tzolkin = 3 Lamat; haab = 1 Yaxkin Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 13:45:48 -0700 In-Reply-To: (Ed Flecko's message of "Mon, 2 Aug 2010 13:23:56 -0700") Message-ID: <86vd7sn3pf.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (berkeley-unix) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to confirm/deny ntp is working? 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: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:45:49 -0000 >>>>> "Ed" == Ed Flecko writes: Ed> and changing them to read (I'm in the U.S.): Ed> server 0.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 Ed> server 1.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 Ed> server 2.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9 I believe this is no longer necessary, and in fact, discouraged. The pool.ntp.org servers have some geolocation built in, so the stock version will automatically find and balance load on the existing NTP servers. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion