Re: [netatalk-admins] Latest version.


Subject: Re: [netatalk-admins] Latest version.
From: Edan Idzerda (edan@mtu.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 10 1997 - 18:52:37 EST


Mark Donnelly wrote:
>
> As far as I can tell, the only real difference in functionality is that
> timelord runs over appletalk, whereas NTP runs over IP.

I haven't worked with timelord much, but I presume it only queries
a single time server, whereas NTP is designed to gather time
information from multiple servers. NTP also figures out the
trip time from each of the servers it's using and has a hierarchy
of the "quality" of the time from each server.

That's a pretty lame summary, but my point is that I believe NTP
is a much more complex method of time synchronization.

 
> If you have a method you're happy with, then I'd say to stay with it.

But I still agree with this :)

- edan

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Edan Idzerda	<edan@mtu.edu>
System Administrator --  Michigan Technological University, Houghton MI USA



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