Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 12:16:41 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> Cc: Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpdate Message-ID: <437CBAF9.8000204@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420511170859r4970e381m4832978061c3079f@mail.gmail.com> References: <20051115214101.fb30f4fa.dick@nagual.st> <OF05714E37.11452ACB-ONC22570BB.00538A7F-C22570BB.0053CF95@procreditbank.bg> <20051116162615.0a3b7707.dick@nagual.st> <54db43990511170813je8eb1a1ud58d9ef9bbc123ac@mail.gmail.com> <cb5206420511170859r4970e381m4832978061c3079f@mail.gmail.com>
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Andrew P. wrote: > On 11/17/05, Bob Johnson <fbsdlists@gmail.com> wrote: [ ... ] > Leading numbers are not necessary in most cases. > > I use: > > server europe.pool.ntp.org > server europe.pool.ntp.org > server europe.pool.ntp.org > > That selects 3 random servers from the whole > europe pool. The point of using the leading numbers is to make sure the three servers chosen from the pool are actually different machines. If you've only got a small number of machines, having each contact an external NTP server is reasonable. If you've got, say, ten or more machines, set up three of them to contact external NTP servers and each other as peers, and have the rest of the machines on your network talk to your local NTP servers. -- -Chuck
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