On Nov 25, 2006, at 3:01 PM, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
On Sun, Nov 12, 2006 at 03:57:25PM -0500, Rick Thomas wrote:Installing ntp by default (making it have priority "standard") would be good for the many Debian users who have always-on network access. But it would be a problem for the minority who have no or only intermittent (e.g. dial-up) network access.For ntpd to really work properly you need a static IP address.
Well... I'd say "stable" rather than "static". If the local IP address changes once a week, an NTP client will have little trouble weathering the change. Once an hour would be problematical. Once a day is in the grey area. Depending on the details, it may be desirable to restart the ntpd daemon when the IP address changes.
For an NTP *server* to be effective as a server, a very stable IP address is, of course, mandatory. But most Debian users don't run NTP servers, and those who do know what they're doing and what is required to do it right.
Rick