[KLUG Members] clock synch

[Dennis]

bill wrote:
> 
> In Windows, I had a program I could use to sync the internal clock (which is
> always a bit off, regardless of OS) with some time servers.  I could schedule
> the program to go online once a day and sync the computer's clock against up to
> 15 time servers (I used all of them as some were always down or unavailable on
> the web).  I'm looking to do something similar in Linux.
> 
> On Linux RH 7.3 (in gnome) there is a program on the menu called Date/Time
> properties that has an option called "Network Time Protocol" that, if checked,
> allows you to select a single time server.  I tried all the different servers
> for at least 24 hours each while my CMOS battery was dying but none of them
> seemed to work.
> 
> Question: does this method work but is somehow failing behind my firewall (using
> an odd port or something)?  Or is there another method to do the same thing,
> maybe find a program to schedule in cron?
> 
> kind regards,
> 
> bill hollett
> 

I think you might like ntp. It was kind of a bear for this newbie to set
up but it works well once it is set up and working. Lots to read, I read
a lot before I started and still had to have help. If you have any
problems with the config, post again.

http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/

Read, read, read...
-- 
Dennis