NTP internet time servers at linocomm.net

You may delay, but time will not.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)

Nederlands

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)

NTP1 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:01 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^+ erquy.linocomm.net            2  10   377    11   +206us[ +206us] +/- 6803us
^* 2a10-3781-08cc.connected>     2  10   377   767   +762us[ +813us] +/- 6571us
^- ntp-public-2.oma.be           2  10   377   515   +109us[ +109us] +/-   31ms
^+ ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de     1  10   377    45  -3888us[-3888us] +/-   11ms
^+ d54c70bd3.static.telenet>     1  10   377   285  +5997us[+5997us] +/-   11ms
^+ 82-64-45-50.subs.proxad.>     1  10   377    21   +569us[ +569us] +/- 9674us

Current performance for ntp4.linocomm.net (Donkerbroek, NL)

NTP4 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:01 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^+ ntp0.nl.uu.net                1  10   377   500   -559us[ -931us] +/- 3850us
^* time1.esa.int                 1   9   377   485   -209us[ -582us] +/- 3527us
^+ ntp1.time.nl                  1   9   377   484   -208us[ -208us] +/- 4392us

Current performance for ntp5.linocomm.net (Paris, FR)

NTP5 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^+ erquy.linocomm.net            2  10   377   720   +160us[ +160us] +/-   11ms
^+ 2a10-3781-08cc.connected>     2  10   377   986   +193us[ +255us] +/-   11ms
^* ntp0.nl.uu.net                1  10   377   724    -11us[  +55us] +/- 5350us
^+ time1.esa.int                 1  10   377   225  -1558us[-1558us] +/- 7595us
^+ ntp1.time.nl                  1  10   377   848  +1374us[+1438us] +/- 8726us

Current performance for ntp9.linocomm.net (Nürnberg, DE)

NTP9 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^* ntps1-0.eecsit.tu-berlin>     1  10   377   301   -250us[ -335us] +/- 7333us
^- time.fu-berlin.de             1  10   377   882   -531us[ -617us] +/-   59ms
^- ntp1.hetzner.de               2  10   377   157   -713us[ -713us] +/-   31ms
^- ntp2.hetzner.de               2  10   377   687   -503us[ -589us] +/-   26ms
^- ntp3.hetzner.de               2  10   377   544    -11us[  -96us] +/-   29ms

Current performance for ntp16.linocomm.net (Gravelines, DE)

NTP16 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^- ntp-public-2.oma.be           2   8   377     5  -1601us[-1601us] +/-   40ms
^* ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de     1   8   377   384    -20us[ -106us] +/- 7348us

Current performance for ntp17.linocomm.net (Falkenstein, DE)

NTP17 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^* ntps1-0.eecsit.tu-berlin>     1  10   177   34m    -93us[  -63us] +/- 8055us
^- time.fu-berlin.de             1  10   377   925   -202us[ -202us] +/-   59ms
^+ ntp1.hetzner.de               2  10   377   526   -152us[ -152us] +/-   25ms
^- ntp2.hetzner.de               2  10   377   280    -89us[  -89us] +/-   30ms
^- ntp3.hetzner.de               2   9   377   248    -64us[  -64us] +/-   32ms

Current performance for ntp18.linocomm.net (Roubaix, FR)

NTP18 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^- ntp-public-2.oma.be           2   9   377   465  -1844us[-1927us] +/-   33ms
^* ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de     1  10   377   142   +640us[ +543us] +/- 8075us

Current performance for ntp20.linocomm.net (Falkenstein, DE)

NTP20 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^* ntps1-0.eecsit.tu-berlin>     1  10   377   232    +38us[ -114us] +/- 7664us
^- time.fu-berlin.de             1  10   377   908   -327us[ -476us] +/-   59ms
^- ntp1.hetzner.de               2  10   377   950   -294us[ -443us] +/-   45ms
^- ntp2.hetzner.de               2  10   377   568   -167us[ -317us] +/-   26ms
^+ ntp3.hetzner.de               2   9   377   361   -191us[ -342us] +/-   30ms

Current performance for ntp21.linocomm.net (Roubaix, FR)

NTP21 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^+ erquy.linocomm.net            2  10   377   136   -267us[ -267us] +/- 9231us
^+ 2a10-3781-08cc.connected>     2  10   377    16   -281us[ -281us] +/- 9304us
^- ntp-public-2.oma.be           2  10   377   987  -2061us[-2061us] +/-   25ms
^+ ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de     1  10   377   381   -398us[ -398us] +/- 6874us
^* d54c70bd3.static.telenet>     1  10   377  1001  +2413us[+2396us] +/- 8345us
^+ 82-64-45-50.subs.proxad.>     1  10   377  1032    -41us[  -58us] +/- 7408us

Current performance for ntp22.linocomm.net (Paris, FR)

NTP22 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^+ erquy.linocomm.net            2  10   377   511  +1805us[+1805us] +/-   13ms
^+ 2a10-3781-08cc.connected>     2  10   377   444   -100us[ -100us] +/-   11ms
^- ntp-public-2.oma.be           2  10   377   362  +1304us[+1304us] +/-   40ms
^* ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de     1  10   377   787    -16us[+2106ns] +/- 8163us

Current performance for ntp23.linocomm.net (Paris, FR)

NTP23 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^+ erquy.linocomm.net            2  10   377   520  -1115us[-1115us] +/-   13ms
^+ 2a10-3781-08cc.connected>     2  10   377  1009   +223us[  +15us] +/-   11ms
^- ntp-public-2.oma.be           2  10   377   943  -1806us[-1806us] +/-   31ms
^* ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de     1  10   377   996   +169us[  -39us] +/- 8150us

Current performance for ntp24.linocomm.net (Paris, FR)

NTP24 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^+ erquy.linocomm.net            2  10   377   264  -2220us[-2206us] +/-   13ms
^? 2a10-3781-08cc.connected>     2  10     0   24d   +217ms[ +369us] +/-   11ms
^- ntp-public-2.oma.be           2  10   377   289  -1931us[-1918us] +/-   41ms
^+ ntp0.rrze.uni-erlangen.de     1   9   377   272   -564us[ -550us] +/- 7790us
^+ d54c70bd3.static.telenet>     1  10   377   299  +3006us[+3019us] +/- 9881us
^* 82-64-45-50.subs.proxad.>     1  10   377   234   +300us[ +315us] +/- 5882us

Current performance for ntp25.linocomm.net (Falkenstein, DE)

NTP25 error
Fri 15 May 09:04:02 UTC 2026
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^* ntps1-0.eecsit.tu-berlin>     1  10   377   577   -574us[ -576us] +/- 8134us
^- time.fu-berlin.de             1  10   377   590   -458us[ -459us] +/-   64ms
^- ntp1.hetzner.de               2   9   377   387   -420us[ -420us] +/-   27ms
^- ntp2.hetzner.de               2   9   377   282   -337us[ -337us] +/-   30ms
^- ntp3.hetzner.de               2   8   377   116   -320us[ -320us] +/-   34ms