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Subject: Re: Now it is ntpd that can't find anything
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On Thu, 1 Nov 2007 22:46:56 -0400
"N.J. Thomas" <njt@ayvali.org> wrote:

> * jekillen <jekillen@prodigy.net> [2007-11-01 15:43:53 -0800]:
> > These are the servers I have listed:
> [...]
> > I suppose I should find ones that are reachable via ipv4.
> 
> Better yet, use the NTP Pool Project. If you including the following
> in your ntp.conf:
> 
>     server 0.pool.ntp.org prefer
>     server 1.pool.ntp.org prefer
>     server 2.pool.ntp.org prefer

You don't need any of the prefers. Using prefer like this simply
disables the clustering algorithm, and degrades the accuracy.