[ntp:questions] losing time fast
Rob
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Fri Jul 13 09:00:43 UTC 2012
David Taylor <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote:
> 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.
The pool DNS server, when you use "pool pool.ntp.org" or "server pool.ntp.org",
lookup your IP address in a location database and give you a server from
the country you are residing in. No need to use uk. or nl. anymore, that
is only a leftover from the past.
> My two questions
> remain unanswered:
>
> - can I have more than one pool entry
> - is the "preempt" required?
I know little about ntpd.
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