Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:04:24 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: > > I was only half joking. There's a GPS tracker app for the Google > > Android so you can find it if stolen. > > > Or someone else can track _you_! > Yes, but only the people running the tracking service. One of the interesting featu

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-26 Thread Iain Buchanan
Neil Bothwick wrote: On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:31:16 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: And if someone steals it, it can tell you where it is :) That's clever, very clever :-) I was only half joking. There's a GPS tracker app for the Google Android so you can find it if stolen. Or someone else can

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 26 November 2008 21:09:38 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:31:16 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > > And if someone steals it, it can tell you where it is :) > > > > That's clever, very clever :-) > > I was only half joking. There's a GPS tracker app for the Google Android >

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:31:16 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > And if someone steals it, it can tell you where it is :) > > That's clever, very clever :-) I was only half joking. There's a GPS tracker app for the Google Android so you can find it if stolen. > What's even more clever is I spent

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-26 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Wednesday 26 November 2008 18:58:26 Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:11:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > An interesting sidenote on this. I work for a tier 1 carrier in my > > country and right now we are replacing our ntp server. I don't work > > with this stuff every day so I wa

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-26 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:11:43 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: > An interesting sidenote on this. I work for a tier 1 carrier in my > country and right now we are replacing our ntp server. I don't work > with this stuff every day so I was most surprised to find that the new > unit is actually a GPS devi

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-26 Thread Arttu V.
On 11/26/08, Arttu V. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And I beg your pardon for once again clicking on "Send" instead of "Archive" in gmail ... >.< -- Arttu V.

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-26 Thread Arttu V.
On 11/26/08, Dale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > damian wrote: >>> I agree. I been using ntp here and it works fine. If you need help >>> configuring it, let me know. Off list if needed, just put Gentoo in the >>> subject line. >>> >> Ok, thanks Dale. But I can you tell me if there is any differen

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-25 Thread Dale
damian wrote: >> I agree. I been using ntp here and it works fine. If you need help >> configuring it, let me know. Off list if needed, just put Gentoo in the >> subject line. >> > Ok, thanks Dale. But I can you tell me if there is any difference > among ntp and htpdate? > > > This is t

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-25 Thread Alan McKinnon
On Tuesday 25 November 2008 20:40:52 Dirk Heinrichs wrote: > So yes, there is a difference. With htpdate, you synchronize against a > _web_ server. How do you know it has a stable time source? OTOH, with ntp > you synchronize against a specialized network _time_ server which is > usually equiped wi

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-25 Thread damian
> So yes, there is a difference. With htpdate, you synchronize against a _web_ > server. How do you know it has a stable time source? OTOH, with ntp you > synchronize against a specialized network _time_ server which is usually > equiped with an accurate time souce*), using a protocol that was spec

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-25 Thread Dirk Heinrichs
Am Dienstag, 25. November 2008 16:38:00 schrieb damian: > > I agree. I been using ntp here and it works fine. If you need help > > configuring it, let me know. Off list if needed, just put Gentoo in the > > subject line. > > Ok, thanks Dale. But I can you tell me if there is any difference > amo

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-25 Thread damian
> I agree. I been using ntp here and it works fine. If you need help > configuring it, let me know. Off list if needed, just put Gentoo in the > subject line. Ok, thanks Dale. But I can you tell me if there is any difference among ntp and htpdate?

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-24 Thread Dale
Dave Jones wrote: > Hi Damian, > > damian wrote on 24/11/08 21:01: > >> In the past I've used htpdate to synchronize my computer's clock. But >> I would like to know what daemon would you recommend me. I'm searching >> for a lightweight option. >> > > ntp is a 'standard' ntp set-up. It need

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-24 Thread Dave Jones
Hi Damian, damian wrote on 24/11/08 21:01: > In the past I've used htpdate to synchronize my computer's clock. But > I would like to know what daemon would you recommend me. I'm searching > for a lightweight option. ntp is a 'standard' ntp set-up. It needs some configuration work to get it runnin

Re: [gentoo-user] Update the clock using internet servers: recommendations

2008-11-24 Thread Paul Hartman
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 2:01 PM, damian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > In the past I've used htpdate to synchronize my computer's clock. But > I would like to know what daemon would you recommend me. I'm searching > for a lightweight option. I use net-misc/ntp and it seems to work fine. Pau