But if the clock is wrong at bootup it will need to be set manually... ============================ Tony Graziano, Manager Telephone: 434.984.8430 Fax: 434.984.8431
Email: [email protected] LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: Telephone: 434.984.8426 Fax: 434.984.8427 Helpdesk Contract Customers: http://www.myitdepartment.net/gethelp/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Picher <[email protected]> To: Todd Hodgen <[email protected]> Cc: Paul Scheepens <[email protected]>; Tony Graziano <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>; sipx-users <[email protected]> Sent: Thu Sep 02 06:59:44 2010 Subject: Re: [sipx-users] NTP server - or lack of # ntpd configuration # ------------------ # # Permit time synchronization with our time source, but do not # permit the source to query or modify the service on this system. restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery # # Permit all access over the loopback interface restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict 192.168.0.0 mask 255.255.0.0 nomodify restrict 10.0.0.0 mask 255.0.0.0 nomodify restrict 172.16.0.0 mask 255.240.0.0 nomodify # # Local fudge if network servers are not available server 127.127.1.0 fudge 127.127.1.0 stratum 10 # #ntp reports in syslog that authenticate is invalid keyword #authenticate no # driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift # Synchronize with selected time servers # server 0.pool.ntp.org iburst # server 1.pool.ntp.org iburst # server 2.pool.ntp.org iburst On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:59 AM, Todd Hodgen <[email protected]> wrote: > Actually, I am just wanting the sipXecs server to be the clock source for > the entire network. I thought that the phones would clock off of the > server, and if the server didn’t receive it’s external clock source, it > would just use its own oscillator as the main clock source. > > > > When sipXecs can’t reach it’s external clock sources, it apparently doesn’t > pass clock onto the phones. > > > > Maybe I’m mistaken and it only passes the clock source onto the phones, > and > nobody can reach the clock source, since there is not going to be a > connection off of this private network. > > > > IT appears I can set the server to be an NTP server, and it looks like the > NTP.conf file is set to have it be an NTP server as the default. To be > honest, I haven’t dug into the server yet to see why its clock is not > recognized by the phones. I figured someone had already done this, I was > being lazy. > > > > *From:* Paul Scheepens [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* Thursday, September 02, 2010 12:28 AM > *To:* Tony Graziano > *Cc:* sipx-users; [email protected]; Todd Hodgen > > *Subject:* Re: [sipx-users] NTP server - or lack of > > > > If I understand the question correctly then Todd needs an NTP source for > SipX. > There must be more systems in the closed network then SipX, if on any of > them you install or activate an NTP server then SipX can point to that. > We have internal NTP servers and I use those for SipX. > > If you need something for Windows look at: > http://www.softpedia.com/dyn-search.php?search_term=ntp+server&x=0&y=0 > > If you want the time to be right then you can obtain that by GPS for > example: > http://www.sharewareconnection.com/gps-clock.htm > > Best regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Sincères salutations > > Paul > > > Tony Graziano <[email protected]> wrote > > > > Your system is probably only an ntp client. Pointing back to it if it > > is not listening as a server is why the phones dont sync time. > > > > > http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/rhel-fedora-centos-configure-ntp-client-server/ > > > > I never have this problem, because I always bring a vmware/pfsense > > firewall along with my demo and connect to the customer LAN and get > > ntp from an outside source. pfsense can also be my dhcp server for > > sipx because I can put all the options in. I simply get an Ip address > > from the customer and configure the WAN interface. > > > > Obviously, you can run a pc or laptop on the demo network and run an > > ntp app alongside it. > > > > In all my installs I always have Internet access so I never have an > > issue with getting time. > > > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Todd Hodgen <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I tried adding an NTP server under Network Parameters, that pointed > back to > > > the server - that actually created issues for me. It would seem that > it > > > should be able to run the NTP for the phones off of itself. I'll have > to > > > play with it when I have more time for some controlled testing. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tony Graziano > > > [mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]> > ] > > > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2010 12:26 PM > > > To: Todd Hodgen > > > Cc: sipx-users > > > Subject: Re: [sipx-users] NTP server - or lack of > > > > > > why wouldn't you just run ntpd running on the demo sipx system and > > > have the phones point to it? > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 3:19 PM, Todd Hodgen <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> I’m wanting to run a sipXecs system without internet access, or > > >> access > to > > > an > > >> external NTP server for Demonstration purposes. Does anyone know a > way > > > to > > >> work around the need for an NTP server, and keep the time from > flashing on > > >> end devices. Without an NTP server, the boot process for Polycom > phones > > > is > > >> delayed as they look for NTP source, and when they come up, the clock > > >> flashes on them annoyingly. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> Any thoughts or suggestions would be appreciated. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> sipx-users mailing list > > >> [email protected] > > >> List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > ====================== > > > Tony Graziano, Manager > > > Telephone: 434.984.8430 > > > sip: [email protected] > > > Fax: 434.984.8431 > > > > > > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: > > > Telephone: 434.984.8426 > > > sip: [email protected] > > > Fax: 434.984.8427 > > > > > > Helpdesk Contract Customers: > > > http://www.myitdepartment.net/gethelp/ > > > > > > Why do mathematicians always confuse Halloween and Christmas? > > > Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ====================== > > Tony Graziano, Manager > > Telephone: 434.984.8430 > > sip: [email protected] > > Fax: 434.984.8431 > > > > Email: [email protected] > > > > LAN/Telephony/Security and Control Systems Helpdesk: > > Telephone: 434.984.8426 > > sip: [email protected] > > Fax: 434.984.8427 > > > > Helpdesk Contract Customers: > > http://www.myitdepartment.net/gethelp/ > > > > Why do mathematicians always confuse Halloween and Christmas? > > Because 31 Oct = 25 Dec. > > _______________________________________________ > > sipx-users mailing list > > [email protected] > > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ > > _______________________________________________ > sipx-users mailing list > [email protected] > List Archive: http://list.sipfoundry.org/archive/sipx-users/ > -- There are 10 kinds of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who don't. 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