[ntp:questions] Re: Synchronization with mobile devices and different time zones

Danny Mayer mayer at gis.net
Tue Oct 26 04:43:29 UTC 2004


Brad Knowles <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org> wrote in message news:<mailman.45.1098699464.72027.questions at lists.ntp.isc.org>...
> 	Things get more difficult if your IP address changes, as is more 
> common for laptops.  In that case, you need to either quit and 
> restart the NTP daemon (perhaps with a configuration file that is 
> more suitable for your new location), or at least drop all your 
> current associations and set up new ones (or re-set up the same old 
> ones, but making the daemon aware of your new IP address).
> 

If your address changes you need to restart ntp. dropping and setting
up new associations won't do it. The local sockets have to be closed
and reopened as they're bound to the old address(es).

Danny

> -- 
> Brad Knowles, <brad at stop.mail-abuse.org>



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