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Re: Set your system clock



On Sun, 2005-02-13 at 16:53 -0600, John Hasler wrote:
> Ron Johnson writes:
> > Your ISP probably has an NTP server.  Because of it's proximity to you,
> > that's the recommended path.
> 
> However, it's unlikely that anyone you can communicate with at your ISP
> will have the foggiest idea what NTP is.  ISP's often run an NTP server on
> their nameservers and that's worth a try, but there's no way to tell for
> sure where they've put it.

Try: ntp.<yourisp>.*

The one I use is ntp.cox.net.

> > Things like pool.ntp.org and tick.usno.navy.mil work just as well,
> > though.
> 
> Better to use pool.ntp.otg.  It's intended for general public use.  As the
> name implies, it's a pool of servers.  See the Web site for details.


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