On Thu, 2003-07-31 at 13:41, Pixel wrote:
> Christian Bricart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > > > How do I link this issue both to ntp and DrakX, as
> > > > "gi/perl-install/timezone.pm" handles /etc/ntp.conf, too..?
> > > 
> > > could you give the list of <continent>.pool.ntp.org and
> > > <country>.pool.ntp.org that are available?
> > 
> > I've just added an additional comment in bugzilla about this.
> > I think just adding "pool.ntp.org" three times should be enough, as it's a 
> > round-robin DNS after all ..
> 
> 
> i've added pool.ntp.org once  and made it the default.

ntpd really expects to have multiple servers. The intended use of
pool.ntp.org is to have multiple instances of it in the config file;
each one should resolve to a different server.

> > It should find beter servers while running, not?
> 
> i don't know how it works :)

I don't either, but from what I've read on the mailing list, the latency
to the time server is really actually pretty irrelevant to how NTP
works; having a server a long way away only matters if you need REALLY
REALLY accurate (talking less than tenths of a second here) readings.
For general use, just about any server will work.
-- 
adamw


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