Re: ntpd conf confusion

[Mark Lijftogt <mark@qut.nl>]

Hi Paul,

Best practice is found on http://www.pool.ntp.org/

Just add three servers, and let them start with 0, up to three,
like so:

server 0.pool.ntp.org
server 1.pool.ntp.org
server 2.pool.ntp.org

good luck

Cheers,
Mark

PaulNM wrote:

> Hi all,
>  I've recently installed the ntpd on my 24/7 machine so it could serve 
> as a ntp server for my local network.  So far evrything is going fine, 
> but I have run into one possible problem.  I set it to use pool.ntp.org, 
> and according to my router logs, the first few outgoing addresses were 
> indeed that.  Now it seems to be going to one ip address instead, and I 
> can't see why.  I've rechecked the conf files and even restarted ntpd, 
> but to no avail.
>
> Thanks,
>      PaulNM