On Feb 2, 2011, at 11:42 AM, valdis.kletni...@vt.edu wrote: > On Wed, 02 Feb 2011 07:45:46 -1000, Antonio Querubin said: >> On Wed, 2 Feb 2011, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote: >> >>> different networks, things don't always work so well. I may want to use >>> the DHCP-provided NTP servers at work, but syncing with a random NTP >>> server when I connect to a wifi hotspot is not such a great idea. >> >> It's not "random" if the network operator is providing it via DHCP is it? > > If you're connecting at a Starbuck's, and you care more than "hopefully > somebody will tell me the right time within a minute", yes, it *is* > essentially > random.
While that is true, the people that are asking for the ability to advertise NTP servers in DHCP are not running the networks at Starbucks. Owen
