Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 00:27:46 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: abial@korin.warman.org.pl (Andrzej Bialecki) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: timed vs. NTP Message-ID: <199610021457.AAA22656@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961002160847.24317A-100000@korin.warman.org.pl> from "Andrzej Bialecki" at Oct 2, 96 04:16:45 pm
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Andrzej Bialecki stands accused of saying: > > I just stumbled across a certain problem: I must use a kind of NTP > between a few FBSD machines (one of them has horribly unstable clock :-( > So I thought the timed would be good for this. But it seems the timed > works only on the same LAN, and my machines are connected through > Internet (several routers between). > Well, I looked for a port of NTP daemon in /ports, but there is none. > Could someone suggest me a way to solve this (I'm prepared even to some > hacking of timed code, if need be...)? If you just want reasonable precision, run 'ntpdate' out of cron. If you're madly keen, try 'man xntpd'. > Andy. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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