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Re: quietly....
From: Owen DeLong <owen () delong com>
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 12:18:44 -0800
On Feb 2, 2011, at 11:42 AM, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu wrote:
On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:45:46 -1000, Antonio Querubin said:On Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:different networks, things don't always work so well. I may want to use the DHCP-provided NTP servers at work, but syncing with a random NTP server when I connect to a wifi hotspot is not such a great idea.It's not "random" if the network operator is providing it via DHCP is it?If you're connecting at a Starbuck's, and you care more than "hopefully somebody will tell me the right time within a minute", yes, it *is* essentially random.
While that is true, the people that are asking for the ability to advertise NTP servers in DHCP are not running the networks at Starbucks. Owen
Current thread:
- Re: quietly...., (continued)
- Re: quietly.... Karl Auer (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Iljitsch van Beijnum (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Cutler James R (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Greg Estabrooks (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Iljitsch van Beijnum (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Jack Bates (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Dave Israel (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Iljitsch van Beijnum (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Antonio Querubin (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Valdis . Kletnieks (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Owen DeLong (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... George Herbert (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... John Payne (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Mark Andrews (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... David Barak (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Lamar Owen (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... david raistrick (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Matt Addison (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Nick Hilliard (Feb 02)
- Re: quietly.... Jack Bates (Feb 03)
- Re: quietly.... Nick Hilliard (Feb 03)