On 12/10/07, Daniel Ouellet  wrote:

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> I had some issues with my master ntp server not getting in sync to well

> and all other equipment sync to it, get very often deny updates because

> of source out of sync. This master sync about 2 thousands other time

> devices, witch is not a big load by any mean what so ever.

>

> Then looking at it more, I saw some source getting out of sync, etc.

>

> Then looking at the reference at ntp.org, I came across this:

>

> http://www.pool.ntp.org/vendors.html

>

> Quote "You 'must absolutely not use the default pool.ntp.org zone names'

> as the default configuration in your application or appliance."

>

> So, I changed my pool to us.pool.ntp.org and it is now getting back in

> sync and operate better. There is even sub zone in that us zone itself too.

>

> So, shouldn't the default configuration change to address their

> requirements and to make it more user friendly?

Well what are you going to change it to? OpenBSD is used globally.

Perhaps an extra step in the installer, or something implied from

setting the timezone, but you can't presume where it will be used like

that.
-Nick