It's been a busy weekend, and I'm getting a bit more time for this. I worked my way down Program Files to the NTP folder and found two conf files. The general conf file shows: =============start # NTP Network Time Protocol # **** ATTENTION ****: *You have to restart the NTP service when you change this file to activate the changes* # PLEASE CHECK THIS FILE CAREFULLY AND MODIFY IT IF REQUIRED # Configuration File created by Windows Binary Distribution Installer Rev.: 1.25 mbg # please check http://www.ntp.org for additional documentation and background information # Use drift file driftfile "C:\Program Files\NTP\etc\ntp.drift"
# your local system clock, could be used as a backup # (this is only useful if you need to distribute time no matter how good or bad it is) #server 127.127.1.0 # but it should operate at a high stratum level to let the clients know and force them to # use any other timesource they may have. #fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 12 # Use specific NTP servers server tick.usno.nav.mil iburst # End of generated ntp.conf --- Please edit this to suite your needs ===========end The ntp.drift file shows 0.000 I would guess that possible server locations can be found in a list like <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262680>, which shows NIST servers, and Level One Servers. The site refers to other lists, one from the Naval Obs. I would think I need to choose several either around the west coast or around North America to add to the config file above. Do I need to include iburst or some other parameter? I see on the Start->Meinberg Win200 menu a number of choices. Documentation Installation Service Control Restart Start Stop Edit NTP Config Web Links Meinberg downloads Server Project Official Site Publc Service Project Quick NTP Status I presume the Service Control and Quick Status contain all the "commands" available. I tried comparing my atomic clock (Radio Shack) to the Win2000 clock, but it's a bit tricky glancing from one to the other. There may be a 2 sec difference. It's been about 45 hours since I started the service and I expect about 4 to 4.2 seconds drift from my PC clock in that period. -- W. eWatson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
