How to confirm/deny ntp is working?

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Mon Aug 2 20:45:49 UTC 2010


>>>>> "Ed" == Ed Flecko <edflecko at gmail.com> writes:

Ed> and changing them to read (I'm in the U.S.):

Ed>  server 0.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
Ed>  server 1.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9
Ed>  server 2.US.pool.ntp.org iburst maxpoll 9

I believe this is no longer necessary, and in fact, discouraged.

The pool.ntp.org servers have some geolocation built in, so the stock
version will automatically find and balance load on the existing NTP
servers.

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