Re: system time "slowing down" ?

From: Chuck Swiger (cswiger_at_mac.com)
Date: 11/29/05

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    Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 12:12:21 -0500
To: werther.pirani@nexgo.de

    werther.pirani@nexgo.de wrote:
    [ ... ]
    > Here's a list of public, and 100% official I(i.e., stratum 1 ntp servers):
    >
    > http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ntp.html
    >
    > Pick any of them and add it/tem to /etc/ntp.conf, then set up things so that ntpd
    > is started at boot time and you're set (I actually have 3 of them in there and let
    > nptd pick up the most suitable one).

    Unless you are publishing time service to other people, please consider using
    stratum-2 servers from the NTP pool:

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

    Most people will find a benefit from using NTP servers closer to them, and
    there are 48 servers in de.pool.ntp.org:

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

    ...but a complete list can be found from:

    http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers
    http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumOneTimeServers
    http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumTwoTimeServers

    Keep on ticking, 

    -- 
-Chuck
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