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Re: ntp config tech note

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sthaug@nethelp.no)
Fri May 21 04:07:49 2004

To: nanog@nanog.org
From: sthaug@nethelp.no
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 20 May 2004 20:57:37 -0700"
Date: Fri, 21 May 2004 10:07:01 +0200
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> you ask do folk run ntpd on every server.

And the answer is, yes, on all Unix servers. Have done so for many years.
Running ntpdate from cron was always regarded as a poor substitute.

> i wonder if folk run ntpd on every router.  i did and do.

Yup. Or sntp if that's the only thing available.

Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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