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> But I think if you put us.pool.ntp.org,us.pool.ntp.org,us.pool.ntp.org for the server your computer will try to spin up three ntp connections. Close, but not
by logic 15y ago
> But I think if you put us.pool.ntp.org,us.pool.ntp.org,us.pool.ntp.org for the server your computer will try to spin up three ntp connections.
Close, but not quite; ntpd appears to be smart enough to realize you have three identical "server" lines in ntp.conf, and collapses them. Try this instead:
1.us.pool.ntp.org,2.us.pool.ntp.org,3.us.pool.ntp.org
Changing "us" to your country code, of course. Just tested, and it appears to produce the desired behavior.
- dfc 15y agontp is not "smart enough to realize you have three identical "server" lines in ntp.conf". Before the addition of the pool directive in 4.2.7 this was the recommended approach (as in recommended by prof. mills, harlan and the rest of the ntp reference implementation team). OSX is trying to be cute and thinks it knows more about ntp than the user. Try editing /private/etc/ntp.conf and append: # use multiple ntp servers server us.pool.ntp.org iburst server us.pool.ntp.org iburst server us.pool.ntp.org iburst Make sure you have an extra empty line above the comment. There is something goofy about the way osx includes the input from the graphical configuration and what is included in the /private/etc/ntp.conf In order to restart the service you need to disable/re-enable the automatically set time.