Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Setting the date and time | Date | Sun, 10 Oct 1999 08:46:28 -0400 | From | "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" <> |
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In message <199910100514.WAA14361@icarus.com>, Stephen Williams writes: +----- | mhw@wittsend.com said: | > Xntpd keeps the system in sync by adjusting the clock and maintaining | > information on it's rate of drift. This may not be so good if you are | > on a dialup system, however. | | xntp includes ntpdate, which is similar to date but uses xntp servers. | When I was dialup, I used ntpdate to resync my clock with a cron job | and I got a good compromise of accurate time (including rate) and low | re-dial rates. Twice a day may well be enough to keep pretty good time. +--->8
For some PCs that isn't good enough.
BTW, xntpd works fine on a dialup. It complains mildly when the link goes down, but keeps adjusting the clock according to the recent drift rate until the link comes back, at which time it resynchs and goes on.
-- brandon s. allbery os/2,linux,solaris,perl allbery@kf8nh.apk.net system administrator kthkrb,heimdal,gnome,rt allbery@ece.cmu.edu carnegie mellon / electrical and computer engineering kf8nh We are Linux. Resistance is an indication that you missed the point.
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