On Thu, Jan 01, 2009 at 07:44:07 -0600, John Hasler (jhas...@debian.org) wrote:
> I wrote: > > Debian has time servers: > > > > 0.debian.pool.ntp.org > > 1.debian.pool.ntp.org > > 2.debian.pool.ntp.org > > 3.debian.pool.ntp.org > > Bob Cox writes: > > These are all aliases for 0.pool.ntp.org, 1.pool.ntp.org and so on. > > That is how Debian and ntp.org have set it up. It could change. See > <http://www.pool.ntp.org/vendors.html>. Thank you John. That's interesting. > > It's probably best to use servers as close to you as possible... > > Unless you have unusual requirements (you'll know) it really doesn't > matter. It's just a few UDP packets per hour and just about any server > anywhere in the world will get you within 100ms. > > > John - in your case it looks like your ISP is CenturyTel and they appear > > to have a timeserver running on ntp0.centurytel.net... > > I prefer to use reliable sources. Also, as Chrony maintainer I feel that I > should use my default configuration as much as possible. > > > 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? > > Look at the jitter. The algorithm considers more than just the stratum and > the round-trip delay. Yes, that makes sense. Thanks again. -- 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
