On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 21:59:33 -0600, John Hasler (jhas...@debian.org) wrote:
> Ron Johnson writes: > > See if your ISP has a timeserver. > > Debian has time servers: > > 0.debian.pool.ntp.org > 1.debian.pool.ntp.org > 2.debian.pool.ntp.org > 3.debian.pool.ntp.org These are all aliases for 0.pool.ntp.org, 1.pool.ntp.org and so on. It's probably best to use servers as close to you as possible - maybe your ISP's if it exists, or, for example in Europe, the relevant ones from this list: http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/europe. John - in your case it looks like your ISP is CenturyTel and they appear to have a timeserver running on ntp0.centurytel.net - although as this is an alias for time-c.timefreq.bldrdoc.gov (at NIST in Boulder) it may not be exactly on your doorstep. (It's easy to forget how huge your country is from over here). I use a UK ISP called Zen, and my list of servers is: server ntp0.zen.co.uk server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org server 1.uk.pool.ntp.org server 2.uk.pool.ntp.org server 3.uk.pool.ntp.org The resulting current list of peers is interesting: b...@gaia:~$ ntpq -p remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter ============================================================================== +ntp0.zen.co.uk 195.66.241.3 2 u 803 1024 377 31.644 1.352 0.117 -ntp.sinodun.org 130.159.196.118 3 u 746 1024 377 52.359 2.796 0.027 *ntp4.ja.net .DCFa. 1 u 859 1024 377 39.036 1.115 0.018 +ntp1.arse.org 195.66.241.10 2 u 790 1024 377 37.877 1.609 0.344 -ginny.provu.co. 213.2.4.80 4 u 839 1024 377 45.955 -0.677 0.606 It seems that ntp4.ja.net is preferred to ntp0.zen.co.uk despite the longer delay, presumably because it's a stratum 1 server? TBH I don't know: it 'just works' most of the time. Yes, that third listed peer does have an usual domain name ;-) -- Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK. Please reply to the list only. Do NOT send copies directly to me. Debian on the NSLU2: http://bobcox.com/slug/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
