[iyonix-support] Re: !FreeTime not working
- From: Dr Peter Young <pnyoung@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: iyonix-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2010 17:18:44 +0100
On 4 Aug 2010 Iyonix PC Owner <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Aug 2010, Dr Peter Young wrote:
>> On 4 Aug 2010 Iyonix PC Owner <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> [Heavily snipped]
> [try 'uk.pool.ntp.org']
>> FWIW, I've tried that one, and it doesn't work here. Something to do
>> with ports, I think, and hence something I don't understand.
> Ports, well that *is* another story. You may see them as a representation
> of certain services (!Boot.Resources.!Internet.files.Services keeps a
> list of these for you and the IP stack to look at).
> You may as well see them as extensions in a telephone system where the
> IP address is the general number, that say, your insurance company has
> got and the port is the extension where your personal insurance agent
> may be reached.
Thanks, and I understand this now. I still don't know how I would set
a particular port to be used by, say, FreeTime. It's a bit academic
for me, as I use NetTime rather than FreeTime anyway, but I'm always
curious, like The Elephant's Child :-)
With best wishes,
Peter.
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