On Tuesday 06 December 2005 11:30, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Guillermo Ballester Valor wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm wondering it if is possible for SuSE/Nowell to install public NTP > > time servers. These servers would be set as default in its xntp rpm > > packages. > > > > I'm mantaining a stratum-2 server in my home system with an ADSL > > connection since three years ago. Many other volunteers are adding its > > systems to pool.ntp.org > > > > http://www.pool.ntp.org/ > > > > I think that to provide at least two or three stratum-1 servers (North > > America, Europe, Australia ...) will be not dificult to Nowell. > > At the installer, the user provides some localization information. From > that (most likely the timezone) a location can be derived which can be used > with the ntp-server to access (for me, in The Netherlands: > nl.pool.ntp.org).
How is this list maintained? The one's I use (ntp(0|1).nl.net) are not there. > Then, only if ntp is installed and there is a direct connection to the > internet. > > However: there are other ways to get a reasonable ntp-server: It can be > advertized in dhcp information, most current Windows Active Directory > servers do run some ntp protocol to which a workstation can do a reasonable > sync its clock. And it even makes more sense than synchronizing to the "real" time, as in the majority of the cases what really matter is a uniformity of the time in the local network. -- Best regards, Alexander. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
