Re: ntp-server doesn't sync time correctly?
On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 19:13 +0800, Cameron G wrote:
> I have a handful of debian servers going, and I've done an apt-get install
> ntp-server on all of them. They all seem to have "server pool.ntp.org" in
> the config file, yet they're all out of sync a little bit, by a couple of
> minutes in some cases. Is merely installing the package enough? Or am I
> missing something really obvious here? Has anyone else use the packages to
> sync time?
I do. I have one machine connecting to 4 or 5 stratum 2 servers, then
the others on the LAN sync with that one.
The NTP folk say you need to have a few servers to check with because
the propagation times across the Internet can vary widely. Without a
number of servers, NTP can't do a very good job -- comparing and
selecting is the whole idea.
http://www.pool.ntp.org/
http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumTwoTimeServers
http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/WebHome
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Glenn English
ghe@slsware.com
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