Ben Smithurst wrote:
> Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
>
> > Anyway: Don't used timed, use ntpd.
>
> Do you have any hints about using xntpd over an intermittent dialup
> connection? At the moment, I use ntpdate to sync the time to my ISP's
> servers when ever I go online, I can't see it being easy to tell xntpd
> to sync the time when I tell it to, and only when I tell it to. Unless
> you know otherwise? :-)
Set your ppp filters carefully. Tell it that ntp packets (port 123) are
not to cause a dialup, and are not to trigger the idle timer. The result
of this will be that ntp will sync up while you are online but won't keep
the connection alive and prevent an idle hangup (assuming you use idle
timeouts).
Cheers,
-Peter
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