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Article #1897Re: NTP Server in Switzerland?
From: Simon Leinen
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 1995 00:00
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All NTP servers should carry the same standard time (UTC, which is almost the same as GMT). I don't think Switzerland has its own standard time (although that wouldn't be too surprising :-). A good starting point for all questions about NTP is the Web page http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/ Among others it points to a page listing many public NTP servers with different usage conditions. At least two of those are in Switzerland (at ETHZ, incidentally). In general you should not use the servers from this list directly, but ask your Internet Service Provider (in the largest sense; this may mean your department/school/company's network guru) whether there is a closer server. If you use routers with modern software that supports NTP, then it is almost always best to use these routers as broadcast or multicast NTP servers: this necessitates very little configuration and provides excellent time. -- Simon. http://liawww.epfl.ch/~simon/
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