Looking for a good source of time on the net.
C.Vaillancourt Hydro-Quebec QC 514-652-8238
vaillan at ireq.hydro.qc.ca
Wed Mar 21 06:34:45 AEST 1990
On our network of 150 Sun we use rdate to set the time on all our systems.
This is a simple way to synchronize them all once a day with crontab.
But we need a good source of time to use with the rdate command.
NOW THE SURPRISE: rdate works with other Sun on the net, try:
rdate titan.rice.edu (in su on your station, it works...)
My question is: Is there any installation of Sun on the net synchronized
with a receiver to the Universal Coordinated Time?
I think it would be a non-expensive way to synchronize many systems when
an accuracy of about 10 sec. is required.
[[Ed's Note: With the time to reach a remote site across far across the
network, I'm not sure you really get many advantages from using a site
that is synchronized with UCT. -bdg]]
Clement Vaillancourt, | Institut de Recherche d'Hydro-Quebec
Analyste, | 1800 Montee Ste-Julie, Varennes
Responsable du Reseau Ethernet | P. Quebec, Canada, J3X 1S1
(Analyst, Network Manager) | Tel: 514-652-8238 Fax: 514-652-8309
| vaillan at ireq.hydro.qc.ca
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