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Re: [ts-7000] ntpdate

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Subject: Re: [ts-7000] ntpdate
From: Andy Warner <>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2005 09:36:56 -0500
roger_cortesi wrote:
> So when I lose power to my TS-7200 the date/time gets reset back to
> the stone age.  The startup scripts S51ntpdate tries to reset the time
> using a time server but the date and time are so far off that it won't
> make the change.
>
> I added a line of code in S51ntpdate that first sets the date to
> August 1 2005 then ntpdate is called to set the time properly.
>
> But this seems like a bit of hack, anyone have any ideas on a better
> way? (like making ntpdate set the time no matter what the difference is?)

You can always try ntpclient (http://doolittle.faludi.com/ntpclient/)
which is a lightweight ntp client suitable for embedded devices.
The most recent version has an optional patch that snaps the local
time to the time obtained from the ntp server when it starts up.
I recommend it, it's small, fast and lightweight.

Another alternative is to script "rdate -s <machine>" into the ts7200
during startup, but that requires another program (rdate) and another
network service to be active.
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