Re: [ntp:questions] NTP NMEA driver

2014-02-13 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
What about item 73: ?? -Original Message- From: questions-bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions-bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of rajputaja...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2014 5:12 AM To:

Re: [ntp:questions] Bug 2341 - ntpd fails to keep up with clock drift at poll7

2013-12-02 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
David, It appears that you may misunderstand my observation? Raspberry-Pi servers seem to be economical and functional as NTP servers, but how well do they work in the network configuration that I am using. Yes, there are things that I can do to have a more accurate server; but how well

Re: [ntp:questions] Bug 2341 - ntpd fails to keep up with clock drift at poll7

2013-12-02 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Yes, it is strange. My point as a software tester, and user, is that if software doesn't work as documented or intended, the why needs to be discovered and addressed with a solution that matches documentation. Ed From:

Re: [ntp:questions] Bug 2341 - ntpd fails to keep up with clock drift at poll7

2013-12-01 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Martin, Reading your reply, it sounds like you understand and somewhat confirm this bug. I agree this may be a Windows XP only bug. I have not the ability to confirm this bug on newer versions of Windows or newer versions of NTP at work. The bug was seen on a stable corporate LAN, of which

Re: [ntp:questions] GPS/PPS and enable calibrate

2013-09-11 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
-Original Message- From: questions-bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions-bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of unruh Sent: Monday, September 09, 2013 12:34 AM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions]

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-26 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation? Mischanko, Edward T wrote: I tried reducing the Allan Intercept to 7 and the result was wild swings in frequency ppm. I don't know why? Is the FLL broken? Has anyone else observed this behavior? [Mischanko, Edward T] To be more specific, I get wild

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-25 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
-Original Message- From: Charles Swiger [mailto:cswi...@mac.com] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 1:01 AM To: Mischanko, Edward T Cc: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation? On May 23, 2013, at 10:02 PM, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-25 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
On 2013-05-21, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: My concern is that too much data is being thrown away when polling above 256 seconds and that allows excessive wandering of my clock. If too much data is being thrown away, it would be because the poll adjust

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-25 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions- bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of unruh Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 9:55 AM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation? On 2013-05-24, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-25 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation? Mischanko, Edward T wrote: I would modify the current algorithm with an exception that if offsets exceed 1 millisecond for more than one polling cycle, then, polling will be reduced by one interval, else, continue normal operation. Whilst I still

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-25 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
] Tighter regulation? On 2013-05-25, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: -Original Message- From: Charles Swiger [mailto:cswi...@mac.com] Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 1:01 AM To: Mischanko, Edward T Cc: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-25 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation? On 5/25/2013 5:55 AM, Mischanko, Edward T wrote: [Mischanko, Edward T] I would modify the current algorithm with an exception that if offsets exceed 1 millisecond for more than one polling cycle, then, polling will be reduced by one interval, else

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-25 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
that there would be little difference between 1024 and 7000 second effective sampling rates. [Mischanko, Edward T] Yes, I agree! As I said above, the real issue is that of correctly identifying a step in the frequency, or its first derivative, and rapidly turning down the time constants

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-23 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
On 2013-05-21, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: My concern is that too much data is being thrown away when polling above 256 seconds and that allows excessive wandering of my clock. If too much data is being thrown away, it would be because the poll

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-23 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
into ntp.conf. Does it exist tool which read log and plot it ? [Mischanko, Edward T] Yes, Try removing these 3 lines or putting ## at the beginning of them for testing. Ntpd ignores lines in the configuration that begin with #. What do you think to remove these 3 lines from all ntp servers

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-21 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions- bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org] On Behalf Of David Woolley Sent: Monday, May 20, 2013 8:13 AM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation? Mischanko, Edward T wrote

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-21 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: Monday, May 20, 2013 3:14 PM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation? On 2013-05-20, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: Hello friends, Does anyone know what setting can be changed that will cause tighter regulation

Re: [ntp:questions] Offset is always increasing

2013-05-21 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Why are you doing this? restrict 10.2.3.5 This is the server you want your clients to sync to, isn't it? Regards, Ed -Original Message- From: questions-bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions-

[ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-20 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Hello friends, Does anyone know what setting can be changed that will cause tighter regulation of the offset. My goal is to get clk_wander to equal as close to zero as possible more often. I would also like to see the frequency adjusted with every change in offset data; it currently does not

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-20 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation? Mischanko, Edward T wrote: Does anyone know what setting can be changed that will cause tighter regulation of the offset. My goal is to get clk_wander to Why do you want to track network propagation delay changes, at the expense of accurate

Re: [ntp:questions] Tighter regulation?

2013-05-20 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
] Tighter regulation? On 20/05/2013 08:58, Mischanko, Edward T wrote: Hello friends, Does anyone know what setting can be changed that will cause tighter regulation of the offset. My goal is to get clk_wander to equal as close to zero as possible more often. I would also like to see

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP client continuously resync to server

2013-05-19 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I think you need to first ask yourself how much of an offset is acceptable. The default for a step adjustment is 0.128 seconds, but this value can be tinkered in the ntp.conf file with the following command: tinker step .005 Going below 0.005 seconds doesn't seem practical as ntp will not

[ntp:questions] Polling vs. Offset

2013-04-27 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Is there a way to configure ntpd so that when the offset exceeds 1 millisecond polling will automatically be set to 64 seconds or less? If I understand correctly, polling currently is adjusted by the speed of change in offset. It takes forever for a large offset to be skewed at large polling

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP with GPS and RTC

2013-04-27 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I think Harlan may have a valid point here. For some, better may mean My clock frequency is stable and I am tracking the middle of the clique as opposed to I am tighty latched to the server I am currently listening to. H ___ questions mailing

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP with GPS and RTC

2013-04-26 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Unruh, Where can I find these versions of ntpd? Are they or can they be ported for Windows? There do exist versions of ntpd which have incorporated temperature compensation-- they measure the temp of the system using any of the on-board thermometers, and derive the sensitivity of the onboard

Re: [ntp:questions] 70 msec spike when rebooting

2013-04-15 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Is this a bug, then? Ed -Original Message- From: Charles Elliott [mailto:elliott...@verizon.net] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2013 7:33 AM To: Mischanko, Edward T Subject: RE: [ntp:questions] 70 msec spike when rebooting You are lucky! I see spikes of over 1000 ms with Windows 7

[ntp:questions] 70 msec spike when rebooting

2013-04-14 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Is it normal to have a 70 msec spike when rebooting Windows XP? I was under the impression that NTP was supposed to set the RTC when exiting? Regards, Ed ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp too aggressive on clock changes

2013-04-13 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Unless ntp is over shooting in its corrections, you don't have a problem with ntp, per say. NTP is configured to slew all corrections less than 0.128 seconds. If after a day to settle down, you still have big jumps, then, you definitely have a clock problem. Regards, Ed I am running

Re: [ntp:questions] high jitter on serial gps causes big time offsets

2013-04-13 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
$8-10 for the crystal would imply a total motherboard price of $2,000+??? Wouldn't that imply $210 vs. $200 price? Why $2,000+? website.read...@gmail.com wrote: I can obtain some precision crystals (+/- 2ppm) for about $8 to $10, + so why aren't they being added to the mid-level and up

Re: [ntp:questions] Extracting ntpq like information programmatically

2013-03-29 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
What can be done with ntpd's code to address the lack of speed in ramping down the time constant as needed to keep up with changes in the local clock? You are observing on a time scale much shorter than the loop time constant. ntpd has an adaptive time constant, and once it has gained initial

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP NMEA driver

2013-02-15 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Version 3.80 of the firmware is available from Garmin here: http://www8.garmin.com/support/collection.jsp?product=010-00321-31 I usually run the current firmware unless it's contradicted by a bug of some sort. [] It was not an issue of stability, but of the notification of which second.

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP NMEA driver

2013-02-15 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
You seem to not like Garmin, as you are quick to cut down the brand. What brand and model GPS do you use and recommend for time synchronization? I never found firmware updates to be an issue; at least they have continuing support for their product. I'm not real impressed with the manufacturer

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP NMEA driver

2013-02-14 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
And what exactly is wrong with the Garmin 18x? I have found my 18x to be much more stable than the Sure Electronics one. You are always at the mercy of the receiver. And it is not the fix time. ZDA puts out only to the nearest 10 ms. the others to the nearest second or 10ths of a second.

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP NMEA driver

2013-02-14 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Thank you, David. I also took issue with Unruh's comment. My 18x is much more stable than the Sure Electronics GPS. On 11/02/2013 23:56, unruh wrote: [] You are always at the mercy of the receiver. And it is not the fix time. ZDA puts out only to the nearest 10 ms. the others to the

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP Stratum

2013-02-05 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Hello Deepak, I too am not sure why you are trying to accomplish this, but it seems to be possible. You only have to configure the local reference clock driver. Try adding this to your server configuration. server 127.127.1.1 fudge 127.127.1.1 stratum 10 The ntpd selection protocol favors

Re: [ntp:questions] Updating the leapseconds file -- how to signal ntpd

2013-01-27 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Garrett, NTP 4.2.7 has been in development for over 6 months and is very stable, yet, yes, it's still in development. Regards, Ed 2013/1/27, Garrett Wollman woll...@bimajority.org: In article CABrG=ZyT9ttE4Mea3yauWPru0euQ8TV4m7KHm0bHSwiYa=+b...@mail.gmail.com, Michael Tatarinov

Re: [ntp:questions] Updating the leapseconds file -- how to signal ntpd

2013-01-27 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Garrett, I didn't realize that my comment would be so offensive to you. Please accept my apology for trying to be helpful. Regards, Ed In article 31033FCF05BEE64695655345F1E94EF015FFDD21@BHW-MBX-02, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: NTP 4.2.7 has been

Re: [ntp:questions] p351 fails to build on MSVC++2008EE

2013-01-26 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Steve, I see from the web page that Autogen is maintained by Bruce Korb. Bruce is well aware of the current issues in building NTP with MSVC++2008/2010EE, so patients is the key word here I guess. Thanks for the information. Regards, Ed On 2013-01-25, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa

Re: [ntp:questions] Updating the leapseconds file -- how to signal ntpd

2013-01-26 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I know of no way for NTP to know about the new file without restarting NTP itself. The drift file will allow it to come back into sync very quickly, so the consequences of a restart should be minimal. NTP reads the leapseconds file on start-up, I believe. Regards, Ed I'm using my

Re: [ntp:questions] p351 fails to build on MSVC++2008EE

2013-01-25 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Martin, Thank you for your tireless work on this Windows issue. Who updates autogen and when is it expected? As a side note, the Meinberg release of the Windows NTP port is excellent; thank you for this trouble free install. Regards, Ed The fix for this problem consists of 2 parts: 1.)

[ntp:questions] p351 fails to build on MSVC++2008EE

2013-01-24 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I thought we were going to fix this? c:\3\ntp-dev-4.2.7p351\sntp\libopts\option-xat-attribute.h(38) : fatal error C1083: Cannot open include file: 'inttypes.h' : No such file or directory Are we still working on this? Regards, Ed ___ questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Windows-8/64 kernel-mode PPS not producing expected jitter improvement

2013-01-20 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
David, Jitter of .008 seems pretty good to me? That's better than my FreeBSD box gets with PPS. I realize that .000 would be preferable. ;-) Regards, Ed Folks, I have been trying out the signed 64-bit serialpps.sys device driver made available as a result of bug report 2108:

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-19 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Thanks for the suggestion. I will now be using Thunderbird at home. Regards, Ed I faced the same problem, and am now using Thunderbird for NNTP access. http://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/thunderbird/ I don't use it for e-mail. -- Cheers, David Web: http://www.satsignal.eu

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-19 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I have my mail program at work set the break the line at 66 characters. If that is still too wide, please let me know. As for the sarcasm, I think it is unhelpful and irritating at best; it too can be considered OT. Regards, Ed Mischanko posts a long post with a single line, saying he

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-19 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Unruh, I have now set the line length to 50 characters. I have no idea what your requirements are; I am trying to please you! As for OT, I would have contacted you directly, but you have an invalid email address; I have now other means to communicate with you. Regards, Ed Well, if the

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-19 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Unruh, Now I understand what you see. That would be frustrating, for sure. I have no idea why the program is acting this way; it certainly is not what I expected. Please accept my apologies. I will use the Enter key more often from now on. Regards, Ed I have now set the line length to 50

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-18 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Microsoft Outlook supports well and line length is configurable to any length you want when mailing in plain text mode. My newsfeed program at home, Microsoft Live Mail, I have yet to figure out how to configure it for or line length. If you know of a free newsreader program for Windows

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-18 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Unruh, I knew I could count on you for a smart @#$ comment that really doesn't belong here. Ed edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: Microsoft Outlook supports well and line length is configurable to any length you want when mailing in plain text mode. My newsfeed program at home,

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-17 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
PM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration Edward T. Mischanko wrote: BlackLists wrote: Mischanko, Edward T wrote: I am reconfiguring my NTP servers to be more community friendly. I have found that, pool us.pool.ntp.org iburst preempt, doesn't

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-16 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I am reconfiguring my NTP servers to be more community friendly. I have found that, pool us.pool.ntp.org iburst preempt, doesn't seem to work as no servers come up to sync to? Any idea why? I am running ntp-dev-4.2.7p343 Regards, Ed -Original Message- From: questions-

[ntp:questions] Bug 2314, Clock jitter reads zero in the loopstats file

2013-01-09 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
and system jitter? Regards, Ed -Original Message- From: Mischanko, Edward T Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2013 1:34 PM To: 'David J Taylor' Subject: RE: Raspberry Pi Linux distributions w/ NTP David, I'm glad I was able to suggest something that is helpful. As to what it means

Re: [ntp:questions] Loopstats jitter field mostly zero?

2013-01-07 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
The question may be what is unique about the raspberry pi and the version of Linux that you are running? I don't see this symptom on my Soekris Net4501 with FreeBSD 8.2. Can you run FreeBSD on a raspberry pi? Regards, Ed -Original Message- From: questions-

Re: [ntp:questions] FLL instability

2013-01-06 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] FLL instability On 06/01/2013 06:29, Mischanko, Edward T wrote: I have tinker allan 7 in my ntp.conf, as recommended, but I notice that the frequency is adjusting wildly starting with polling at 128 seconds. Is something wrong with the way FLL is implemented? [] Where

[ntp:questions] FLL instability

2013-01-05 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I have tinker allan 7 in my ntp.conf, as recommended, but I notice that the frequency is adjusting wildly starting with polling at 128 seconds. Is something wrong with the way FLL is implemented? Loopstats: 56298 20566.419 0.000221911 0.910 0.78478 0.00 5 56298 20577.418 0.001418160

[ntp:questions] FW: Clock Offset

2012-12-22 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
-Original Message- From: Mischanko, Edward T Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 9:14 PM Subject: RE: [ntp:questions] Clock Offset -Original Message- From: questions- bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions- bounces+edward.mischanko

Re: [ntp:questions] FW: Clock Offset

2012-12-22 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] FW: Clock Offset unruh wrote: On 2012-12-22, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: I do not doubt you, but if they are measuring different things to represent the same thing, then there is a formula off somewhere? No, they do not represent

Re: [ntp:questions] Clock Offset

2012-12-21 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] Clock Offset Mischanko, Edward T wrote: Notice individual selected peers have positive offsets, but my clock offset after averaging is negative? I think the ntpq peers display gives the most recent offset, but the averaging uses the best of the last 8

Re: [ntp:questions] Clock Offset

2012-12-21 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
:19 PM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Clock Offset Mischanko, Edward T wrote: ntpq peers remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter #XXX.XXX.0.1 XXX.XXX

Re: [ntp:questions] A Christmas puzzler - intermittent offset oscillations with a PPS source

2012-12-21 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
(there's also a smaller spike every 24 hours due to logrotate and similar housekeeping). I've never tracked down the 100 hour cycle, though. ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions [Mischanko, Edward

Re: [ntp:questions] Clock Offset

2012-12-19 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] Clock Offset On 2012-12-18, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: How can my local clock have a negative offset when none of the selected peers have a negative offset? Is it possible? Get rid of your local clock. You should NOT have a local clock set

Re: [ntp:questions] Clock Offset

2012-12-19 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] Clock Offset Mischanko, Edward T wrote: How can my local clock have a negative offset when none of the *** selected peers have a negative offset? Is it possible? It is not clear what you mean by local clock and offset, here. For the normal NTP meanings of these, the offset

[ntp:questions] Clock Offset

2012-12-18 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
How can my local clock have a negative offset when none of the selected peers have a negative offset? Is it possible? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Win7: ntpd adjusting time backwards

2012-12-13 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
mean, seriously, wow. This is just begging for some high accuracy timestamp reading. -- J. ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions [Mischanko, Edward T] I have always read that NTP should

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP_MAXCLOCK in ntp.h

2012-12-11 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] NTP_MAXCLOCK in ntp.h Mischanko, Edward T wrote: David, What evidence would be acceptable? I'm on a Windows machine, so how + would I go about capturing ntpq -p to post it here? The evidence you are using, for a start. As best I can remember, ntpq works on Windows. I

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP_MAXCLOCK in ntp.h

2012-12-11 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
-Original Message- From: Mischanko, Edward T Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2012 2:53 AM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: RE: [ntp:questions] NTP_MAXCLOCK in ntp.h -Original Message- From: questions- bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org

[ntp:questions] NTP_MAXCLOCK in ntp.h

2012-12-10 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Please tell me why when watching my client with NTP Time Server Monitor by Meinberg, my client does not honor the NTP_MAXCLOCK setting in the ntp.h file. Thanks, Ed Mischanko ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP_MAXCLOCK in ntp.h

2012-12-10 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] NTP_MAXCLOCK in ntp.h Mischanko, Edward T wrote: Please tell me why when watching my client with NTP Time Server Monitor by Meinberg, my client does not honor the NTP_MAXCLOCK setting in the ntp.h file. Please provide the evidence. ntpq peers may be more useful. I suspect

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP_MAXCLOCK in ntp.h

2012-12-10 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
: [ntp:questions] NTP_MAXCLOCK in ntp.h On 2012-12-11, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: Please tell me why when watching my client with NTP Time Server Monitor by Meinberg, my client does not honor the NTP_MAXCLOCK setting in the ntp.h file. Why do you thing your

Re: [ntp:questions] New ntp Server

2011-12-07 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
unruh wrote: Mark C. Stephens wrote: Secondly, I picked up a server out of the Junk pile today, it an HP Dl145G2. That is a computer? http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl145/compar ison-g2.html http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl145/specif

Re: [ntp:questions] Fwd: Re: NetBSD GPS/PPS using 4.2.6p3

2011-08-23 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
and is correct by hardware specifications). [Mischanko, Edward T] Seems like your PPS pulse is inverted? You may want to add Flag2 1 to your fudge line. server 127.127.22.1 fudge 127.127.22.1 flag2 0 flag3 1 refid PPS

[ntp:questions] PLL vs. FLL why is their behavior so different?

2011-07-08 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I've noticed that when polling at lower intervals, and PLL is in use, that the frequency tends to change as expected to steer the offset towards zero. When polling intervals increase, and FLL is in use, the frequency tends to follow the offset and not steer the offset towards zero. Why does FLL

Re: [ntp:questions] Selection and Clustering of candidates

2011-06-27 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
and Clustering of candidates Mischanko, Edward T wrote: As for my question on server selection, all these servers are routers on a corporate network. If 6 servers have the same offset and 3 do not which ones would you choose? I choose the 6 servers with the same offset. Which would NTP choose

[ntp:questions] Selection and Clustering of candidates

2011-06-26 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I choose to poll 15 servers on my network for time synchronization. NTP is selecting over 10 servers and clustering them. Some of the servers NTP selects have offsets that are higher than the majority; in other words, they do not have the correct time. Why are they being selected? Why are so

Re: [ntp:questions] Selection and Clustering of candidates

2011-06-26 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Selection and Clustering of candidates Mischanko, Edward T wrote: Some of the servers NTP selects have offsets that are higher than the majority; These might be the ones with the most correct time. A high offset only indicates a poor time

Re: [ntp:questions] Something else to play with.

2011-05-27 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Where can I buy it? What does it cost? -Original Message- From: questions-bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.org [mailto:questions-bounces+edward.mischanko=arcelormittal@lists.ntp.o rg] On Behalf Of kbv Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 2:22 AM To: questions@lists.ntp.org

Re: [ntp:questions] Help with NMEA driver

2011-05-27 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 4:58 AM To: Mischanko, Edward T Cc: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Help with NMEA driver On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 05:10 UTC, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: I tried this: server 127.127.20.1 mode 18 minpoll

Re: [ntp:questions] Help with NMEA driver

2011-05-27 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
] On Behalf Of Mischanko, Edward T Sent: Friday, May 27, 2011 5:08 AM To: daveh...@gmail.com Cc: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Help with NMEA driver Dave Several sentences are being sent and I currently have no way of disabling the unused ones. I am trying to use $GPGGA

[ntp:questions] Help with NMEA driver

2011-05-26 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I tried this: server 127.127.20.1 mode 18 minpoll 4 prefer Mode 18 didn't want to work, but mode 16 does work. What am I doing wrong? I verified that the GPS is sending $GPGGA sentences at 9600 baud. Should I try mode 2 at 4800 baud? I am using a Sure GPS on a Windows XP machine, but that

Re: [ntp:questions] Loop Filter Gains vs. Polling Interval

2011-05-18 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
. Polling Interval On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 12:23:56PM -0500, Mischanko, Edward T wrote: Can anyone tell me, does the sensitivity for frequency adjustment lessen as the polling interval increases? I ask because I'm observing that my offset increases and the frequency adjustment decreases to the point I

Re: [ntp:questions] Loop Filter Gains vs. Polling Interval

2011-05-18 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Thanks Dave, My understanding was backwards. Your reference set me straight. Ed Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 9:30 AM To: Mischanko, Edward T Cc: Miroslav Lichvar; questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Loop Filter Gains vs. Polling Interval On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 2:21 PM

Re: [ntp:questions] Loop Filter Gains vs. Polling Interval

2011-05-16 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
to disable power management of clock frequency. -Original Message- On Behalf Of David Woolley Sent: Monday, May 16, 2011 2:01 AM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Loop Filter Gains vs. Polling Interval Mischanko, Edward T wrote: Can anyone tell me, does the sensitivity

[ntp:questions] Loop Filter Gains vs. Polling Interval

2011-05-14 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
Can anyone tell me, does the sensitivity for frequency adjustment lessen as the polling interval increases? I ask because I'm observing that my offset increases and the frequency adjustment decreases to the point I fall out of sync at polling intervals above 256. What am I doing wrong? #

[ntp:questions] Bug 1700 - Clock drifts excessively at polling levels above 256.

2011-04-23 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
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Re: [ntp:questions] Bug 1700 - Clock drifts excessively at pollinglevels above 256.

2011-04-23 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
@lists.ntp.o rg] On Behalf Of unruh Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 1:20 PM To: questions@lists.ntp.org Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Bug 1700 - Clock drifts excessively at pollinglevels above 256. On 2011-04-22, Mischanko, Edward T edward.mischa...@arcelormittal.com wrote: 256. My system