[ntp:questions] losing time fast
David Taylor
david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
Fri Jul 13 08:49:21 UTC 2012
On 13/07/2012 08:45, Rob wrote:
> David Taylor <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
>> - can one have multiple pool commands? For example, at the moment on
>> one widely travelled PC I have:
>>
>> server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
>> server 1.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
>> server 2.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
>> server 0.nl.pool.ntp.org iburst
>>
>> How would that best be replaced? Something like the following, perhaps?
>>
>> pool uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
>> pool nl.pool.ntp.org iburst
>
> Why don't you drop the country codes from that?
Because the PC does spend 90% of its time in the UK.
> It already is questionable if it is a good idea to use them at all,
> and when you have a travelling PC it almost certainly is better not
> to try to overrule the location database.
Noted and thanks, but I actually omitted some of the country-specific or
region-specific addresses I use when travelling. My two questions
remain unanswered:
- can I have more than one pool entry
- is the "preempt" required?
David
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