Hi > Delaying the start of Dnsmasq until NTP runs introduces other problems. > NTP depends on the Internet connection working, so if the WAN link is > down, that'll mean that internal DNS is also down.
Try using chrony - it has much better handling of no internet cases. I have managed to use it right at the start of boot instead of using hwclock If you don't have an RTC then a poor mans solution is to "occasionally" set some file mtime to a current time, then early in boot you restore the file based on the file time. Clearly it's always wrong, but it is at least increasing and you can minimise the amount you step back in time. Gentoo openrc has an initscript called swclock which implements this if you want a leg up Good luck Ed W
