David J Taylor wrote: > Danny Mayer wrote: > >>David J Taylor wrote: >> >>>Tom, >>> >>>Many thanks for your thoughtful suggestions. >>> >>>It looks as if the drift is OK, at -64.911, but I will keep an eye >>>on it. Here is the full output just in case there's something else >>>glaringly obvious: >>> >>>E:\>ntpq -c "rv 0" odin >>>status=46b4 leap_add_sec, sync_ntp, 11 events, event_peer/strat_chg, >>>version="ntpd 4.2.0 fr Oct 17 8:49:33 2003 (1)", processor="unknown", >>>system="WINDOWS/NT", leap=01, stratum=3, precision=-19, >>>rootdelay=62.583, rootdispersion=125.847, peer=62645, >>>refid=192.168.0.1, reftime=c73d5d1a.a4d239b4 Sun, Dec 4 2005 >>>12:18:34.643, poll=7, clock=c73d5f43.da3d1265 Sun, Dec 4 2005 >>>12:27:47.852, state=4, offset=18.583, frequency=-64.911, >>>jitter=10.097, stability=0.028 >>> >> >>Well the version is rather ancient. Time to trade up? >> >>Danny > > > OK, I accept that in principle, but: > > - is there a known error in that version which would cause it to become > unstable? As the software had been OK until last Friday, why should it > suddenly become not OK? Would the arrival of a leap second indicator > cause instability in one copy and yet other PCs continue to function > correctly? It doesn't sound right to me. > > - which version would you suggest using?
The one that I have running, of course! Unfortunately I haven't finished testing it. It fixes a number of issues that the Meinberg folk have reported. > > - where to obtain it? It's on my disk of course. > Given that: > > - Terje's most recent version is: ntp-dev-4.2.0a-20040319-nt.zip. > That is a bit old. > - Meinberg's is a ready-to-install package, whereas I just want .exe > files I can copy - the installation is already done. > Well I have an installer too even though it's not ready for release and it creates a special account to run as a service with restricted privileges. You can, of course just copy the files to the right places. > - I wouldn't trust compiling it myself. > You do a good job of it! Danny > Cheers, > David > > > _______________________________________________ > questions mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions > _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
