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ntp pool info
Authored by: j-beda on Apr 29, '09 06:45:11AM
Great info, I had been just using ca.pool.ntp.org in the "date and time" control panel, but edited the /etc/ntp.conf file to include the 0123 servers for ca as well as the NA ones as well. Some details of the NTP pools are at:

http://www.pool.ntp.org/

They seem to be suggesting using at least three, selecting from the closest (in networking terms) pool to you.

When I updated my ntp.conf file, and tried "ntpq -p -n", I got no change from before the edit, so I used the "Date and Time" panel in "System Preferences" to uncheck the "use network time server" box, and then checked the box again - that seems to have restarted the NTP process and loaded the new ntp.conf file. There is probably a way of doing that from the command line of course, but the checkbox was easier to find.



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