-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 10/01/2020 19.47, James Knott wrote: | On 2020-01-10 01:28 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote: |> On 10/01/2020 16.59, James Knott wrote: |>> On 2020-01-10 10:53 AM, Per Jessen wrote: |>>> I guess this is the Linux version of "a man with one watch |>>> always knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never |>>> sure":-) |>> |>> With NTP, the recommendation is at least 3 sources, as with 2, |>> if one is wrong, you don't know which one. I have my |>> firewall/router configured for 4. |> |> But if your internal desktop machine is using ntp, it also need 4 |> sources. | | For internal devices, I just use 1, my firewall. And that can make ntp to abort and ntpq to fail. You have to use some other daemon instead with just one clock source. |> |>> |>> You can specify up to 4 pool.ntp.org servers, by adding a |>> number, such as 0., 1., 2., or 3. before pool.ntp.org. |> |> You can specify country. |> | | Pool.ntp.org will connect to servers according to where you are. | If I ping those addresses, I'll generally see servers in the | Toronto, Ontario area, which is where I live. Me, I specify a dozen servers, on Spain, Portugal, France... etc. The daemon will choose which to actually use. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 15.1 x86_64 at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iF0EARECAB0WIQQZEb51mJKK1KpcU/W1MxgcbY1H1QUCXhjHhQAKCRC1MxgcbY1H 1a6pAJoDCg13XkMi5V6gppBwac33aZIQlwCfYCdihgQxsAAcgAsztcrE2UrHuWY= =Z6CG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org