From owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 1 12:28:51 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA66B16A4B3 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 12:28:51 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net [167.206.5.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 89FB343F75 for ; Wed, 1 Oct 2003 12:28:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from returns@galis.org) Received: from dyn.galis.org (ool-44c1e325.dyn.optonline.net [68.193.227.37]) by mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.16 (built May 14 2003)) with SMTP id <0HM300FKBFATNN@mta4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net> for freebsd-isp@freebsd.org; Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:25:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: (qmail 3018 invoked by uid 1010); Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:25:40 +0000 X-URL: http://galis.org/george Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 15:25:40 -0400 From: George Georgalis In-reply-to: <20030930112352.GL97601@ns2.wananchi.com> To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Message-id: <20031001192540.GA2942@trot.local> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i References: <20030930070650.GC97601@ns2.wananchi.com> <20030930112352.GL97601@ns2.wananchi.com> Subject: Re: Public Time Synchronization Servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Internet Services Providers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Oct 2003 19:28:51 -0000 On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 02:23:52PM +0300, Odhiambo Washington wrote: >* Bjoern A. Zeeb [20030930 11:44]: wrote: >> On Tue, 30 Sep 2003, Odhiambo Washington wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> > I have been trying for a whole 2 months to be able to get some good >> > time servers to synchronize against. I am in the GMT +0300 TZ somewhere >> > in Africa, but in all this time I don't seem to be able to identify >> > a time server. I would like to run ntpd, using some atomic time server >> > for sync. I have read all those literature out there, the only problem >> > is identifying two or three suitable servers to sync against! >> >> Have you had a look at the two lists (especially the second) given at >> the end of this page ? >> >> http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html > >Yes, I did. Got same errors. > > >> >> PS: I hope you aren't behind a sat link ? > >Downlink, via Teleglobe ;) try mtr (traceroute, or whatever) and check the ntp port on your ISP's routers, it's not uncommon that it would be available to you and would certainly have the least latency. // George -- GEORGE GEORGALIS, System Admin/Architect cell: 646-331-2027 < Security Services, Web, Mail, mailto:george@galis.org Multimedia, DB, DNS and Metrics. http://www.galis.org/george