Re: Lots of questions

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From: Malcolm Muir
Date: Tue, 03 Oct 1995 00:00

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Peter A. Forkes (Peter@clueless.demon.co.uk) wrote:
> I changed the line:

>    time server 158.152.1.65

> to

>    time server ntp.demon.co.uk

> and now I get an error (after about a 30 second wait) telling me it can not 
> find the time sever.  What else do I ned to change???

Is the time server line after the name server line in autoexec.net ?

If not it should be. Otherwise you need to use the IP address
158.152.1.76. Using dotted addresses is best avoided wherever possible
as they are liable to change, wheras the names of common services are
likely to remain.

--
Malcolm S. Muir
Sunderland
England

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