[time-nuts] Re: List Opinion/Suggestion(s)

[David Taylor]

> kb8tq at n1k.org  said:
>> I would strongly suggest that with NTP ???more is better???. Three reference
>> devices is about the minimum. Five is a good target to aim for.

One suggestion I make to folk who ask is to use the "pool" directive.  This 
allows NTP to choose as many servers as it needs (according to a pre-configured 
compile-time constant), and it will automatically drop and add servers as 
needed.  OK, it's a little more complicated than that but using pool is easy:

Replace the lines:

     # Use pool NTP servers
     server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org  iburst
     server 1.uk.pool.ntp.org  iburst
     server 2.uk.pool.ntp.org  iburst

with the single line:

     # Use pool NTP servers
     pool uk.pool.ntp.org  iburst

if you are in the US, for example:

     # Use pool NTP servers
     pool us.pool.ntp.org  iburst

and you can use multiple lines such as a Dutch user might have:

     # Use pool NTP servers
     pool nl.pool.ntp.org  iburst
     pool uk.pool.ntp.org  iburst

See:
   https://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/setup.html#pool

Cheers,
David
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