Messages in this thread | | | From | Alan Chandler <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Major Clock Drift | Date | Sun, 04 Feb 2001 23:46:24 +0000 |
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On Sun, 04 Feb 2001 10:31:35 -0500, you wrote:
>Technical explanations aside, some sort of clock drift exists in all >computers. My experience with Sun hardware, for instance, was that the >hardware and software clocks rarely agreed. > >You should set up your machines to use some sort of time synchronization >software, such as ntp or rdate. When I didn't have a 24/7 net presence, I had >my ppp script run ntpdate when the connection was complete. > >See http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ >
If you don't have 24/7 net presence then chrony does a nice job of sorting out your clock.
http://www.rrbcurnow.freeuk.com/freeuk.com/r/r/b/rrbcurnow/webspace/chrony
Alan
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