Hugo van der Kooij wrote: > On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Wrecks wrote: > >> >> >Is there anyway to manually change the time on the mvpmc dongle? I have >> >been using the rdate -s local.ip with ATS absolute time server on the >> >local Window PC to adjust the time. >> >> I've been having a very difficult time getting rdate to set >> the time on my unit. Even when doing it "manually" via telenet. I >> don't know if it's the internet connection, the router or some >> problem with the protocol. > > rdate over internet is rather unreliable. You need to rdate to a local > server. And I guess most people running the mcpmc software will have a > unix server in their home network. So why not rdate from there? >
Unreliable? RDATE is a crapshoot of the worst type... The only other choice is to use ntpclient. I use: ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org It's much more reliable... really... :') -- Jerry McBride ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
