NTP

[dreamwvr]

hi Kenneth,
                      NTP is very low overhead.. you could run it easily
on a
old 486 with 8 meg ram..
Kenneth Porter wrote:

> On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 22:45:02 +0000, Jim Reid wrote:
>
> >Another suggestion. Configure the Network Time Protocol on your
> >computers.
>
> Now if we could just get ISP's to load this on their name servers and
> make this visible to their clients.... The last time I checked, neither
> @Home nor RCN offered a time server, so I have to go to one of the
> public 2nd tier servers. However, to reduce load, I use ntpdate once a
> day to sync and then serve time to my LAN boxen.
>
> Presumably an NTP server can coexist with a name server without unduly
> loading the box? (I'm just looking for ammo to lobby my ISP's with.)
>
> Ken
> mailto:shiva at well.com
> http://www.sewingwitch.com/ken/