NTP internet time servers at linocomm.net
You may delay, but time will not.Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
What is this all about?
Time is one of the most important things in modern society. Without time keeping, it would be difficult to arrange meetings, take the bus or train or be on time on a wedding ceremony. Not only humans rely on time. Every computer has an internal clock which is used when time stamping your email and documents, schedule your backups and warn you when you have an appointment. Therefore also computers should know the current time with some accuracy. To synchronize computers to known good time sources over the internet, the NTP protocol has been defined which allows to obtain the current time from internet time servers.The servers ntp1.linocomm.net to ntp9.linocomm.net are such public internet time servers, operated by the internet services company Linoplan. The servers provide NTP services to NTP and SNTP clients on the internet. All time servers are at least stratum 2 servers, which means that the servers are directly connected to other time servers which take their time from a number of official reference clocks (atomic clock, radio clock, GPS or whatever) in different geographical regions. Time server ntp4.linocomm.net is a Stratum 1 server located in the Netherlands with its own reference clock. Time synchronisation with several upstream servers in different geographical regions gives redundancy when network failures occur. In practice this means that the time these servers provide are accurate within a few milliseconds. This is good enough for most private and commercial applications.
Server ntp1.linocomm.net is located in a data center in Almaty, Kazakhstan, which makes it the ideal time server for computers in Central Asia, but clients from all over the world are allowed to connect to this server. The only drawback is that distant clients might observe a few more milliseconds error in the received time signal compared to the time served by time servers closer to their location. Time server ntp5.linocomm.net is located in Las Vegas and serves North America. All other servers are located in Western Europe and are primarily intended for the EMEA area. Time server ntp4 is the most accurate in the network because it has its own timebase with a GPS+PPS receiver.
How do I connect to your time servers?
You can add one or more of the server names to your ntpd or chronyd configuration file. With recent versions of ntpd and chronyd you can use the pool directive which adds a pool of servers to the configuration. If you use the pool directive, use the name ntppool.linocomm.net as the domain name.How well do your time servers perform?
The lists of upstream servers are refreshed every five minutes. The values in the columns delay, offset and jitter are in milliseconds. The delay is a measurement of the network delay when retrieving the time from the remote server. The offset is the current difference between the internal clock of our timeserver and the remote clock. Finally jitter gives the variation in the time difference between subsequent requests.
Current performance for ntp1.linocomm.net (Amsterdam, NL)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:01 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^+ erquy.linocomm.net 2 10 377 804 -440us[ -878us] +/- 8431us ^* 2a10-3781-08cc.connected> 2 10 377 176 -373us[ -821us] +/- 7315us ^- ntp-public-2.oma.be 2 9 377 454 -144us[ -587us] +/- 25ms ^+ ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de 1 10 377 995 -4538us[-4974us] +/- 11ms ^+ d54c70bd3.static.telenet> 1 10 377 287 +3279us[+2833us] +/- 9774us ^+ 82-64-45-50.subs.proxad.> 1 10 377 982 +697us[ +261us] +/- 10ms
Current performance for ntp4.linocomm.net (Donkerbroek, NL)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:01 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^+ ntp0.nl.uu.net 1 9 377 9 -107us[ -107us] +/- 3965us ^* time1.esa.int 1 10 377 642 -153us[ -431us] +/- 3522us ^+ ntp1.time.nl 1 9 377 479 -205us[ -205us] +/- 4266us
Current performance for ntp5.linocomm.net (Paris, FR)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:01 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^+ erquy.linocomm.net 2 10 377 532 -149us[ -114us] +/- 14ms ^+ 2a10-3781-08cc.connected> 2 10 337 637 -179us[ -145us] +/- 11ms ^* ntp0.nl.uu.net 1 10 377 54 +394us[ +432us] +/- 5472us ^+ time1.esa.int 1 10 377 179 -142us[ -104us] +/- 6296us ^+ ntp1.time.nl 1 10 377 600 +1029us[+1064us] +/- 8635us
Current performance for ntp9.linocomm.net (Nürnberg, DE)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:01 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^* ntps1-0.eecsit.tu-berlin> 1 10 377 1136 -1149us[-1186us] +/- 7448us ^- time.fu-berlin.de 1 10 377 915 -1325us[-1325us] +/- 63ms ^- ntp1.hetzner.de 2 10 377 512 -1556us[-1556us] +/- 30ms ^- ntp2.hetzner.de 2 10 377 880 -2580us[-2580us] +/- 14ms ^- ntp3.hetzner.de 2 10 377 928 -1021us[-1021us] +/- 32ms
Current performance for ntp16.linocomm.net (Gravelines, DE)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:01 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^- ntp-public-2.oma.be 2 9 377 159 -1396us[-1396us] +/- 24ms ^* ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de 1 10 377 663 -11us[ -188us] +/- 7167us
Current performance for ntp17.linocomm.net (Falkenstein, DE)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:01 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^* ntps1-0.eecsit.tu-berlin> 1 10 373 1028 -69us[ -203us] +/- 8003us ^- time.fu-berlin.de 1 10 377 594 -203us[ -203us] +/- 68ms ^- ntp1.hetzner.de 2 10 377 311 -89us[ -89us] +/- 33ms ^- ntp2.hetzner.de 2 10 377 76 -84us[ -84us] +/- 24ms ^- ntp3.hetzner.de 2 10 377 212 +92us[ +92us] +/- 41ms
Current performance for ntp18.linocomm.net (Roubaix, FR)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:01 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^- ntp-public-2.oma.be 2 9 377 431 -2192us[-2221us] +/- 27ms ^* ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de 1 8 377 120 -997us[-1029us] +/- 8038us
Current performance for ntp20.linocomm.net (Falkenstein, DE)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:01 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^* ntps1-0.eecsit.tu-berlin> 1 10 277 76 -333us[ -332us] +/- 8177us ^- time.fu-berlin.de 1 10 377 550 -343us[ -342us] +/- 69ms ^- ntp1.hetzner.de 2 10 377 430 -260us[ -259us] +/- 31ms ^- ntp2.hetzner.de 2 9 377 181 -232us[ -231us] +/- 22ms ^- ntp3.hetzner.de 2 9 377 478 -80us[ -79us] +/- 37ms
Current performance for ntp21.linocomm.net (Roubaix, FR)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:01 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^+ erquy.linocomm.net 2 9 377 180 -595us[ -595us] +/- 11ms ^+ 2a10-3781-08cc.connected> 2 10 377 631 -476us[ -476us] +/- 11ms ^- ntp-public-2.oma.be 2 10 377 214 -2668us[-2668us] +/- 23ms ^* ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de 1 10 377 838 -457us[ -866us] +/- 6897us ^+ d54c70bd3.static.telenet> 1 10 377 326 +2852us[+2852us] +/- 8389us ^+ 82-64-45-50.subs.proxad.> 1 10 377 47 -390us[ -390us] +/- 7529us
Current performance for ntp22.linocomm.net (Paris, FR)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:02 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^+ erquy.linocomm.net 2 10 377 485 +1091us[+1091us] +/- 11ms ^* 2a10-3781-08cc.connected> 2 10 377 660 -487us[ -497us] +/- 15ms ^+ ntp-public-2.oma.be 2 10 377 210 +3163us[+3163us] +/- 28ms ^+ ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de 1 10 377 985 -5008us[-5019us] +/- 14ms
Current performance for ntp23.linocomm.net (Paris, FR)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:02 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^* erquy.linocomm.net 2 10 377 401 +1296us[+1203us] +/- 12ms ^+ 2a10-3781-08cc.connected> 2 10 377 627 +1140us[+1047us] +/- 11ms ^- ntp-public-2.oma.be 2 10 377 400 +1723us[+1723us] +/- 30ms ^+ ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de 1 10 377 54 -4726us[-4726us] +/- 14ms
Current performance for ntp24.linocomm.net (Paris, FR)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:02 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^+ erquy.linocomm.net 2 10 377 518 -1474us[-1641us] +/- 13ms ^+ 2a10-3781-08cc.connected> 2 10 377 911 -1578us[-1741us] +/- 15ms ^- ntp-public-2.oma.be 2 10 377 872 +1000us[ +837us] +/- 40ms ^+ ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de 1 10 377 180 -5438us[-5438us] +/- 13ms ^+ d54c70bd3.static.telenet> 1 10 377 903 +4002us[+3839us] +/- 10ms ^* 82-64-45-50.subs.proxad.> 1 10 377 418 +688us[ +520us] +/- 5471us
Current performance for ntp25.linocomm.net (Falkenstein, DE)
Mon 20 Apr 10:22:02 UTC 2026 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^* ntps1-0.eecsit.tu-berlin> 1 10 377 742 -269us[ -263us] +/- 7986us ^- time.fu-berlin.de 1 10 377 482 -396us[ -396us] +/- 70ms ^- ntp1.hetzner.de 2 10 377 610 -316us[ -316us] +/- 29ms ^- ntp2.hetzner.de 2 9 377 367 -305us[ -305us] +/- 19ms ^- ntp3.hetzner.de 2 10 377 691 -195us[ -195us] +/- 34ms