"Skunk Worx" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hello, > > I am new to NTP. I have a windows server and linux clients. > > My server is win2003 setup with meinberg's > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The clients are all Fedora Core 4 linux, Fedora ntp version is > ntp-4.2.0.a.20040617-8 > > I've setup the ntp.conf on the server with : > > driftfile "C:\Program Files\NTP\etc\ntp.drift" > server 127.127.1.0 prefer > fudge 127.127.1.1 stratum 8 refid NIST > disable auth > > per the document at : > > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/drivers/driver1.html > > Also I have verified that the "-g" option is in the win32 service startup. > > Here are my questions: > > 1) The service on the win2003 box takes 2-3 minutes to drop from stratum > 16 to stratum 9. The linux boxes won't sync to stratum 16, so I have to > wait several minutes between booting the server and the clients. Is there > a way to make the win32 box sync faster?
Try using iburst option... It will then sync quickly. server mytimeserver.com iburst > > 2) If I reboot the linux clients after a couple of days I get a "too long > without sync" message, and the service on the win2003 box has to be > restarted, with another wait of 2-3 minutes to drop from stratum 16 to > stratum 9, then reboot the linux clients. Is there a way to configure the > linux NTP daemons to sync to the server even though the server has aged? > Try use iburst option for clients as well. > 3) Are IRIG sync'd rackmount NTP servers commonly available? I plan on > putting one in the lab and leaving it on all the time as a possible > solution (but see the next question...) > > 4) True NIST-traceable time is not important to me, relative time is. I've > heard about some plans for an "orphan mode" NTP server configuration. Is > this in the meinberg exe and/or are there plans to release such a > capability at some point? > > Any other comments or suggestions are welcome. > > Thanks in advance, > John _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
