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Old 02-20-2006, 04:01 AM   #1
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LXer: Help save the endangered time servers


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Someone stops you on the street and asks "Hey, do you know what time it is?" You tell him and continue on your way. But what if it was hundreds of thousands of people every day, because they didn't know who else to ask? You might decide to not answer any more. That's the situation that some important Internet time servers are in, and some simple changes in your computer's configuration can help ease the strain.

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Old 02-20-2006, 01:03 PM   #2
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I did my part ... added 'server 0.north-america.pool.ntp.org' to an obvious place in /etc/ntp.conf, and checked to make sure it was working.
 
  


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