On Tuesday 21 September 2004 01:38, Nifty Hat Mitch wrote: >On Sun, Sep 19, 2004 at 10:18:53PM -0700, Mike McMullen wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I am trying to get ntp to sync with an ntp server without much >> luck on FC2. >> >> I have the following servers defined in /etc/ntp.conf >> >> server time.nist.gov prefer >> server ns.arc.nasa.gov prefer >> server tick.usno.navy.mil prefer > >It seems nifty to try and sync to such famous quality sites but they >are busy and overloaded. You can get better time from other places >simply because cliend load is less. > >It is better to select a modest set of tier 2 sites >that are published at the ntp.org home page > > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/servers.html > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/clock2b.html > >I found that it is good to build a list of ten then comment out all >but three. I don't recall where I got it from, but I have a script that chooses 4 from a random list of about 38 servers. If nothing else, the random choice should reduce the average load on any one if everyone used such a scheme. But this was a nice link, I'm going to remove tick and tock because they time out quite often, and add some from the above stratum 2 list. >There is an interesting project, pool.ntp. Read about it. I >recommend that you comment out your servers from the .gov and .mil >and add these. > > # http://www.pool.ntp.org/ > server pool.ntp.org > server pool.ntp.org > server pool.ntp.org > > >The abuse of famous public time reference sites is causing changes > and many requiring the exchange of passwd/keys. I've wondered how long they can keep it up. >If you have friendly administrators at near by companies you should >exchange services, keys and contact information. > >Ask your ISP for a ntp reference list. >This is a service that all ISP's should be providing (IMO). Verizon hasn't volunteered that they have one or more such servers. For me, that would be very nice. >-- > T o m M i t c h e l l > In the USA, vote informed, second Tuesday Nov 2004. Amen -- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) 99.26% setiathome rank, not too shabby for a WV hillbilly Yahoo.com attorneys please note, additions to this message by Gene Heskett are: Copyright 2004 by Maurice Eugene Heskett, all rights reserved.
