>
> Here in Western Europe we have what is known as the "DCF-77 transmitter".
> This is a radio-transmitter stationed in Germany connected to an atomic
> clock that broadcasts the time. Conrad Electronics and presumably others
> aswell sell small receivers that can be plugged into a computer's parallel
> port. A software packsge can be used to read the time from the DCF-77 clock
> and correct the system time. Now, what I would like to know is, if there are
> any persons who have some more experience with such a device on Linux. I'm
> contemplating on buying such a receiver but would like to know more first.
>
> Is there software available for Linux that allows one to use this device?
>
> Does it work together with a ZIP-drive connected?
>
> Is it feasible to setup a network were the computer with the DCF-77 receiver
> serves as a server for the nettime (is that the correct name?) protocol?
I cant answer the questions but, why spend money when all you need is;
rdate -s some_isp_address
most ISP's use a server who has such a clock installed, you could add the
above command to your ppp script so as when you start ppp your clock is
sync'd.
BTW: rdate needs root privs.
To setup a time server one would edit /etc/inetd.conf and add;
time stream tcp nowait root internal
time dgram udp wait root internal
then do;
kill -HUP `pidof inetd`
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