On Thu, 2004-06-24 at 12:47, Alvin Oga wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > I have both with three 'server' lines in /etc/ntp.conf pointing to my > > ISP's three time servers. > > post the contents of /etc/ntp.conf ( in its entirety )
laptop: driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/ statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable server whiskas server tk1.ihug.com.au server tk2.ihug.com.au server tk3.ihug.com.au server pool.ntp.org server 127.127.1.0 fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 13 restrict default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery restrict 127.0.0.1 nomodify my 'server' aka "whiskas": driftfile /var/lib/ntp/ntp.drift statsdir /var/log/ntpstats/ statistics loopstats peerstats clockstats filegen loopstats file loopstats type day enable filegen peerstats file peerstats type day enable filegen clockstats file clockstats type day enable server tk1.ihug.com.au server tk2.ihug.com.au server tk3.ihug.com.au server 127.127.1.0 fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 restrict default kod notrap nomodify nopeer noquery restrict 127.0.0.1 nomodify > grep ^Sserver /etc/ntp.conf ( if one just wants to see the list of ntp > servers) I assume that's "grep ^server /etc/ntp.conf" ? > what is the output of > ntptrace -dv <ntp-server> from my server: whiskas:~# ntptrace -vd tk1.ihug.com.au Unknown option: v Unknown option: d tk1.ihug.com.au: stratum 2, offset 0.001248, synch distance 0.009424 murgon.cs.mu.OZ.AU: stratum 1, offset 0.000003, synch distance 0.000000, refid 'GPS' whiskas:~# ntptrace -v -d tk1.ihug.com.au Unknown option: v Unknown option: d tk1.ihug.com.au: stratum 2, offset 0.001248, synch distance 0.009424 murgon.cs.mu.OZ.AU: stratum 1, offset 0.000003, synch distance 0.000000, refid 'GPS' whiskas:~# ntptrace localhost: stratum 3, offset -0.003044, synch distance 0.014768 gen21.ihug.com.au: stratum 2, offset 0.001248, synch distance 0.009424 murgon.cs.mu.OZ.AU: stratum 1, offset 0.000005, synch distance 0.000000, refid 'GPS' whiskas:~# ntptrace tk1.ihug.com.au tk1.ihug.com.au: stratum 2, offset 0.001248, synch distance 0.009424 murgon.cs.mu.OZ.AU: stratum 1, offset 0.000005, synch distance 0.000000, refid 'GPS' from my laptop, that last line has one difference - offset 0.000007 $ ntptrace --version /usr/bin/ntptrace version [unknown] calling Getopt::Std::getopts (version 1.05 [paranoid]), running under Perl version 5.8.4. [Now continuing due to backward compatibility and excessive paranoia. See ``perldoc Getopt::Std'' about $Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION.] localhost: stratum 14, offset 0.000000, synch distance 0.000000 > other ntp commands that might tell you stuff > http://www.linux-consulting.com/NTP/NTP.Commands.txt thanks something has changed over the last two hours though - the server whiskas is no longer jumping forward and back. However, it is consistently one second in front of my laptop ta zen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

