Re: [ntp:questions] NTPD not synching on Ub 11.10

2011-12-14 Thread Harlan Stenn
> [CODE] > ## The named entries are all Stratum Two servers taken from here: > ## http://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Servers/StratumTwoTimeServers > ## The pool entries are all taken from here: > ## http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/uk > server ntp.cis.strath.ac.uk iburst #Glasgow I recommend you add "ibu

Re: [ntp:questions] NTPD not synching on Ub 11.10

2011-12-14 Thread David Lord
sirgad wrote: Hi, I'm tired so please forgive me if I just copy and paste the post I made on the Ubuntu Forums. It's comprehensive so I'd only be repeating myself anyway. ===BEGIN COPY AND PASTE=== NTPD 4.2.6.p2 on Ubuntu 11.10 Kernel 3.0.0-13-server. Connection to the web is up and functioni

Re: [ntp:questions] Question on how to Slew time in NTP (David Woolley)

2011-12-14 Thread unruh
On 2011-12-14, vijay agrawal wrote: > Hi David, > ? > I have some very time critical application which i assume may affect while i > sync my existing server with new GPS clock. My most worry part is that if > there is async with server and clock, then they may affect the other > application or

[ntp:questions] NTPD not synching on Ub 11.10

2011-12-14 Thread sirgad
Hi, I'm tired so please forgive me if I just copy and paste the post I made on the Ubuntu Forums. It's comprehensive so I'd only be repeating myself anyway. ===BEGIN COPY AND PASTE=== NTPD 4.2.6.p2 on Ubuntu 11.10 Kernel 3.0.0-13-server. Connection to the web is up and functioning fine. UFW (f

Re: [ntp:questions] Question on how to Slew time in NTP (David Woolley)

2011-12-14 Thread David Woolley
Steve Kostecke wrote: ntpd can normally keep your clock well within 10 ms of WAN (e.g. Internet) time servers, 5 ms of a LAN time server, and 0.01 ms of a direcly connected GPS ref-clock. Assuming that all of your time sources are ultimately synced to UTC the differences between them will be we

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-14 Thread Mark C. Stephens
BSD sounds too good to be true! I'll try out BSD today if you try out the latest Slackware? I remember downloading the 17x 1.44 floppies at 1200 baud.. There were no ISP's in Australia those days, we dialled straight into the internet backbone. We had to install our own modem/server at Apana

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-14 Thread Chris Albertson
On Wed, Dec 14, 2011 at 5:08 AM, Mark C. Stephens wrote: > I wouldn't have a clue with regards to BSD I am afraid. > > So I downloaded the latest slackware and installed it. OK, here is a "clue". BSD is enough like Slackware that you will do just fine.When Slackware came out (I remember w

Re: [ntp:questions] Question on how to Slew time in NTP (David Woolley)

2011-12-14 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2011-12-14, vijay agrawal wrote: > David J Taylor wrote: > >> and let NTP take care of it all?  Do you have some special >> requirement? > > I have some very time critical application which i assume may affect > while i sync my existing server with new GPS clock. You should not be syncing you

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-14 Thread Miguel Gonçalves
On 14 December 2011 13:08, Mark C. Stephens wrote: > I only have one BSD box, and that is running PFSense, and fortunately (for > me, anyway) I don't have to visit the OS. > > I wouldn't have a clue with regards to BSD I am afraid. > Very easy... Add options PPS_SYNC to the file /usr/src/sys/i38

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-14 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 12/13/2011 10:16 PM, unruh wrote: On 2011-12-13, Harlan Stenn wrote: Richard wrote: [much elided] Like it or not, NTPD, when started, will need up to TEN HOURS to settle down with the best time that you are going to get! This is not a hardship if you run NTPD 24x365 (366 in leap years).

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-14 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 12/13/2011 10:16 PM, unruh wrote: On 2011-12-13, Harlan Stenn wrote: Richard wrote: [much elided] Like it or not, NTPD, when started, will need up to TEN HOURS to settle down with the best time that you are going to get! This is not a hardship if you run NTPD 24x365 (366 in leap years).

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate removal is coming

2011-12-14 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 12/13/2011 10:16 PM, unruh wrote: On 2011-12-13, Harlan Stenn wrote: Richard wrote: [much elided] Like it or not, NTPD, when started, will need up to TEN HOURS to settle down with the best time that you are going to get! This is not a hardship if you run NTPD 24x365 (366 in leap years).

Re: [ntp:questions] Question on how to Slew time in NTP (David Woolley)

2011-12-14 Thread vijay agrawal
Hi David,   I have some very time critical application which i assume may affect while i sync my existing server with new GPS clock. My most worry part is that if there is async with server and clock, then they may affect the other application or clock may reject the sync request with existing s

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-14 Thread Mark C. Stephens
I only have one BSD box, and that is running PFSense, and fortunately (for me, anyway) I don't have to visit the OS. I wouldn't have a clue with regards to BSD I am afraid. So I downloaded the latest slackware and installed it. I was up running straight away, no issues or bugs apparent. Kernel