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   Carlos E.R. to Paul   
   Re: You have entered...The Time Zone   
   17 Nov 25 12:31:34   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2025-11-16 18:52, Paul wrote:   
      
   ...   
      
   > One thing I noticed, is one NTP server "seemed to go offline",   
   > I was forced to select the backup, and I moved on with my day.   
   > Maybe it was around this event, that the error occurred.   
   >   
   > There have been NTP servers, that were off by twenty minutes.   
   > They're fallible, so you shouldn't be lulled into a false   
   > sense of security.   
      
   At least the ntp daemon can have several servers defined, so that if one   
   server goes wrong, it can be detected and corrected.   
      
   /etc/ntp.conf:   
      
      
   server hora.ngn.rima-tde.net iburst	<- that's my isp server   
   pool pool.ntp.org   
      
      
   On another machine I have an older config:   
      
      
   server Isengard.valinor iburst		<- that's my local server   
   server hora.ngn.rima-tde.net   
      
   server 0.pool.ntp.org   
   server 1.pool.ntp.org   
   server 2.pool.ntp.org   
   server 3.pool.ntp.org   
      
   server 0.ch.pool.ntp.org   
   server 0.fr.pool.ntp.org   
   server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org   
   server 0.es.pool.ntp.org   
      
   server 1.ch.pool.ntp.org   
   server 1.fr.pool.ntp.org   
   server 1.uk.pool.ntp.org   
   server 1.es.pool.ntp.org   
      
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
   ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;   
      
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