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From: Alan Chandler <alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk>
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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

alan@chandlerfamily.org.uk
http://www.chandler.u-net.com
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