NTP - default /etc/ntp.conf

Frank Behrens frank at ilse.behrens.de
Fri Jun 5 14:24:28 UTC 2009


Edwin Groothuis <edwin at freebsd.org> wrote on 5 Jun 2009 22:44:
> After pondering at conf/58595, I came with this text.
> 
> The ntpd is not enabled by default, so the fact that the servers
> are commented out should not be an issue.
>...
> +# server pool.ntp.org
> +# server pool.ntp.org
> +# server pool.ntp.org

Isn't it better to use different entries?
server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org

To be sure that the IP addresses are different.
See
http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/use.html


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