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[C Hamel <vgm2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 07 August 2004 00:37, Jim Cunning wrote:
<SNIP>
> The address 127.127.1.0 is indeed correct. If one reads the beginning
> lines of the default /etc/ntp.conf, there is an explanation:
>
<SNIP EXAMPLE>
> server 127.127.1.0  # local clock (LCL)
> fudge 127.127.1.0  stratum 10 # LCL is unsynchronized
>
> If you want to reference a real ntp server, you must include the IP
> address of each as indicated in the remainder of the config file (tho'
> you can also include the dns name):
>
> ##
> ## Outside source of synchronized time
> ##
> ## server xx.xx.xx.xx           # IP address of server
> server tock.cs.unlv.edu      ####  for example
>
> Jim Cunning
Again, I read [somewhere <SIGH>] that it should be the loopback 
device ...consequently, the confusion.  Aren't examples just that... examples 
(If I followed the example for my network address it might not resemble what 
I am using)?

As long as my clock is being kept up to date I suppose I really shouldn't 
care, but I would like to know the 'whys & wherefores' so I can educate 
myself a little more.
-- 
...CH
"Home is the place you can scratch where it itches."