On 20/02/15 18:49, Rob wrote: > Why not just: > > pool pool.ntp.org > > That should be enough.
It returns only 2 servers (at the moment, and on my system): root@hobbiton:~# dig pool.ntp.org ; <<>> DiG 9.9.5-3ubuntu0.2-Ubuntu <<>> pool.ntp.org ;; global options: +cmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 7739 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 13, ADDITIONAL: 25 ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION: ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 4096 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;pool.ntp.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: pool.ntp.org. 146 IN A 85.201.95.107 pool.ntp.org. 146 IN A 213.189.188.3 ;; AUTHORITY SECTION: . 36537 IN NS f.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS b.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS j.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS h.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS m.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS c.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS k.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS d.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS g.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS a.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS l.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS i.root-servers.net. . 36537 IN NS e.root-servers.net. ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION: a.root-servers.net. 300936 IN A 198.41.0.4 a.root-servers.net. 301233 IN AAAA 2001:503:ba3e::2:30 b.root-servers.net. 300942 IN A 192.228.79.201 b.root-servers.net. 317560 IN AAAA 2001:500:84::b c.root-servers.net. 300974 IN A 192.33.4.12 c.root-servers.net. 304383 IN AAAA 2001:500:2::c d.root-servers.net. 110366 IN A 199.7.91.13 d.root-servers.net. 121013 IN AAAA 2001:500:2d::d e.root-servers.net. 112934 IN A 192.203.230.10 f.root-servers.net. 101758 IN A 192.5.5.241 f.root-servers.net. 107135 IN AAAA 2001:500:2f::f g.root-servers.net. 110990 IN A 192.112.36.4 h.root-servers.net. 111111 IN A 128.63.2.53 h.root-servers.net. 116217 IN AAAA 2001:500:1::803f:235 i.root-servers.net. 110930 IN A 192.36.148.17 i.root-servers.net. 114101 IN AAAA 2001:7fe::53 j.root-servers.net. 111931 IN A 192.58.128.30 j.root-servers.net. 118767 IN AAAA 2001:503:c27::2:30 k.root-servers.net. 112005 IN A 193.0.14.129 k.root-servers.net. 8040 IN AAAA 2001:7fd::1 l.root-servers.net. 111937 IN A 199.7.83.42 l.root-servers.net. 113806 IN AAAA 2001:500:3::42 m.root-servers.net. 300975 IN A 202.12.27.33 m.root-servers.net. 302827 IN AAAA 2001:dc3::35 ;; Query time: 36 msec ;; SERVER: 127.0.1.1#53(127.0.1.1) ;; WHEN: Fri Feb 20 19:57:58 CET 2015 ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 800 _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions