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- From: owen@astro.washington.edu (Russell Owen)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp
- Subject: Summary: best Mac NTP client is Network Time
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- Date: 6 Nov 92 17:48:48 GMT
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- I received two replies regarding Macintosh NTP clients; both suggested I
- use Network Time. I've appended the first response, as it contains all the
- info.
-
- Thanks to Dave Pascoe and Cameron Owen for their helpful replies!
-
- Russell Owen
- owen@astro.washington.edu
-
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-
- The best thing around is Network Time, by Pete Resnick at UIUC. It's
- available via anonymous ftp from sumex-aim.stanford.edu in /info-mac/comm I
- think. It isn't an NTP client but it does essentially the same thing
- (contacts port 13 on the remote machine for time) and it runs in the
- background, setting the clock once per day or once every n days if you
- want.
-
- Network Time requires MacTCP... <and you must use the Map control
- panel--Russ>
-
- --
- Dave Pascoe
- Internet: pascoe@rocky.gte.com
- GTE/MSED - Needham Heights, MA
- (617) 455-5704
-
- Additional notes by Russ: Network Time has two limitations: it makes no
- attempt to compensate for network delays, and it only allows you to specify
- one server. But it will set your clock to within a few seconds, and it
- seems to work well. I intend to use it and send in my money ($5/Mac or
- $100/100 Macs). In addition to MacTCP, you must use the Map control panel
- (unless you want your system clock set to Greenwich time!).
-
- Russell Owen
- owen@astro.washington.edu
-