[ntp:questions] NTP settings for machine with irregular, short connections to the Net

Rick Jones rick.jones2 at hp.com
Sat Sep 8 00:03:25 UTC 2007


If only the human scale is required, how about ntpdate run via cron or
its platform-specific equivalent.  On the laptop, it would try to get
time from the ISP's NTP server(s).  On the other systems it would try
to get time from the laptop.  So, when the laptop is connected to the
ISP network, it gets time from there and the clients simply time-out
their ntpdate commands.  Then when it is on the little network, the
laptop's attempt at ntpdate is the one that times-out and the clients
get time from the laptop.

rick jones
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