From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Oct 2 07:58:22 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id HAA13299 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 2 Oct 1996 07:58:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id HAA13292 for ; Wed, 2 Oct 1996 07:58:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id AAA22656; Thu, 3 Oct 1996 00:27:47 +0930 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199610021457.AAA22656@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: timed vs. NTP To: abial@korin.warman.org.pl (Andrzej Bialecki) Date: Thu, 3 Oct 1996 00:27:46 +0930 (CST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Andrzej Bialecki" at Oct 2, 96 04:16:45 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 [[