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The pool scheme is configured using one or more pool commands with DNS
names indicating the pool from which to draw. The pool command can be
used more than once; duplicate servers are detected and discarded. In
principle, it is possible to use a configuration file containing a
single line pool pool.ntp.org. The NTP Pool Project offers
instructions on using the pool with the server command, which is
suboptimal but works with older versions of ntpd predating the pool
command. With recent ntpd, consider replacing the multiple server
commands in their example with a single pool command
Minha configuração é:
# Specify one or more NTP servers.
pool 0.pool.ntp.org iburst
pool 1.pool.ntp.org iburst
pool 2.pool.ntp.org iburst
pool 3.pool.ntp.org iburst
# Provide your current local time as a default should you temporarly lose Internet connectivity
server 127.127.1.0
fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10
Agora tenho vários servidores ntp perto da minha localização geográfica (Holanda) quando verifico
$ ntpq -4np
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
0.pool.ntp.org .POOL. 16 p - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
1.pool.ntp.org .POOL. 16 p - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
2.pool.ntp.org .POOL. 16 p - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
3.pool.ntp.org .POOL. 16 p - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
127.127.1.0 .LOCL. 10 l - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000
-85.255.214.66 193.190.230.66 2 u 5 64 177 6.937 1.588 1.645
-5.39.184.5 91.148.192.49 3 u 64 64 77 8.907 1.197 1.635
-91.198.87.229 193.79.237.14 2 u 5 64 177 8.447 -0.042 0.894
+37.34.57.151 193.79.237.14 2 u 1 64 177 7.463 0.168 0.297
*91.198.87.118 192.87.110.2 2 u 2 64 177 8.593 0.070 0.384
+88.159.1.197 80.94.65.10 2 u 2 64 177 10.497 0.454 0.213
+213.154.236.182 213.136.0.252 2 u 67 64 77 8.793 0.455 2.391
#178.21.23.127 91.121.157.10 3 u 66 64 77 9.129 -0.911 1.541
#213.109.127.195 193.79.237.14 2 u 66 64 77 11.766 -7.330 1.501
+213.154.229.24 80.50.231.226 2 u 4 64 177 8.496 0.121 0.538
-217.77.132.1 213.136.0.252 2 u 2 64 177 7.026 -0.782 1.253
#87.253.148.92 195.13.1.153 3 u 4 64 177 7.338 -3.859 0.964
-94.228.220.14 193.67.79.202 2 u - 64 177 8.347 2.797 1.019