Re: Time is going very much off all the time

On 1 Feb 2008, in the Usenet newsgroup alt.os.linux.suse, in article
<47a371d8$1_3@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark South wrote:

Chris wrote:

NTP is easy to setup in Yast (Yast->Network Services->NTP). Then select
the option for a random server from ntp.org.

Instead of a random server, select a geographically close one, or several
geographically close ones, or use the pool that covers your geographic
region.

NTP is a little less sensitive to propagation delays because of the
measuring technique, but geographical proximity is NEVER a guarantee
of least number of hops, nor least propagation delays. Try using
traceroute to gauge how far a specific site may be located, and how
the propagation delays may vary moment to moment.

There is no single backbone on the Internet. Geographically close
systems will only be close on the network if they are on the same
backbone, OR there is a backbone junction nearby. For me, the USNO
(3200 KM, 11 hops) is marginally closer than the NIST site (940 KM
12 hops) but significantly closer than the nearest pool site (150 KM
but 14 hops). Heck, even trying to access "local" sites (within 40 KM)
may show anything from 5 to 14 hops depending on which of 3 backbones
are involved.

Old guy
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