Whee! Chris: the text box in the xp clock set window is ONE CHARACTER too short to contain the suggested url. It just gets better and better. Don
Chris Albertson > I did see some retries going to time.windows.com. > I'd suggest changing to 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org if you live in > North America > > It took several seconds to get time form time.windows.com but > 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org had no delay. > > On Sun, Jul 13, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Hal Murray <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> [email protected] said: >>> 1) It is set to use an NTP server called "time.windows.com" >>> to set the clock. >>> 3) The above is working as well as it has ever worked. >>> Nothing has changed at Microsoft's end. >> >> It may be more complicated than that. >> >> time.windows.com is a cname for time.microsoft.akadns.net >> That's Akami's DNS magic to give you the closest/best server. >> I'm in Silicon Valley. I get either 65.55.56.206 or 64.4.10.33 >> >> 64.4.10.33 only works some of the time. It's not random packet drops. It >> drops out for a while, then recovers. >> >> 65.55.56.206 is similar, but seems to work more often, at least from my >> hacking of the last few minutes. >> >> Both IP ranges are assigned to Microsoft. Neither responds to pings. >> >> You will probably see different results if you are in a different location. >> >> >> >> -- >> These are my opinions. I hate spam. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > > > -- > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > -- "The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it." -George Bernard Shaw Dr. Don Latham AJ7LL Six Mile Systems LLC 17850 Six Mile Road Huson, MT, 59846 mail: POBox 404 Frenchtown MT 59834-0404 VOX 406-626-4304 Skype: buffler2 www.lightningforensics.com www.sixmilesystems.com _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
