ntp problem

[Jeffrey Goldberg]

On Apr 20, 2009, at 11:19 AM, Lisa Casey wrote:

> Running FreeBSD 5.3  IN /etc/ntp.conf I have:
>
> server time.nist.gov prefer
> server tock.gpsclock.com

Your actual question has already been answered, but I'd like to point  
out that people really shouldn't be using those NTP servers unless you  
have a very specific reason to.  You will get just as good  (or  
better) time and help distribute load if you use

  server 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org
  server 1.north-america.pool.ntp.org
  server 2.north-america.pool.ntp.org
  server 3.north-america.pool.ntp.org

(I'm assuming that north-america is appropriate for you given you  
current setting).

And if you have a static IP address and a reliable connection and  
server (good network uptime), please consider joining the pool.  It  
takes negligible resources.

   http://www.pool.ntp.org/en/join.html

And more information about this pool of NTP servers is available at

  http://www.pool.ntp.org/

-j


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Jeffrey Goldberg                        http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/