On 04-Nov-1999, Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ray Schultz said: > > Netdate will sync your computer clock with that of a Network > > Time Protocol server (NTP). An example is "time.uh.edu" > > What's the difference between netdate and ntpdate (other than that ntpdate is > a separate package)? > There is no difference between netdate and ntpdate, however the xntp package provides some more services that allow a clock to be kept in sync with another clock continuously.
For example, my computer clocks gains 1 sec every minute (hypothetically) using netdate means after one minute my clock will be out by 1 second. However if I use ntp the two clocks will be kept in sync for the entire day, very useful if the two computers share a filesystem. I personally use ntp, found in the xntp package, to sync with an atomic clock on a GPS satellite (well the computer I sync with gets its time from the satellite and I can at most be 20ns out). Pete
