Hi,

I've recently added my server to the pool as I have spare bandwidth.

But as far as I can tell, my clock is not very good. Can someone more knowledgeable than me (that's everybody on the list :-) have a look and comment?

My server is ns30747.ovh.net, I'm tracking the offset here:

# ntpq -c rv
status=06f4 leap_none, sync_ntp, 15 events, event_peer/strat_chg,
version="ntpd 4.1.0 Wed Sep  5 06:54:30 EDT 2001 (1)", processor="i686",
system="Linux2.4.31grs-bipiv-ipv4", leap=00, stratum=2, precision=-18,
rootdelay=19.275, rootdispersion=24.330, peer=43195,
refid=ntp0.nl.uu.net,
reftime=c794fa72.13ac6045  Thu, Feb  9 2006  0:17:06.076, poll=6,
clock=c794fbf7.af0eb24a  Thu, Feb  9 2006  0:23:35.683, state=4,
offset=69.980, frequency=500.000, jitter=15.790, stability=12.000

(The drift file has been stuck at 500.000 from the beginning.)

*ahem*
Good lord man! You are in a bind. First off, you've got servers spread 7 ways to sunday.... and they don't agree one bit on time. Second, your frequency / clock slew is maxed out. 3rd, you have a minpoll of 16... stop that! use 64 (minpoll 6)!

First thing is to see if you're on a virtual server... if you are, your problem is there. To run NTP on a XEN, for example, you have to `echo 1 > /proc/sys/xen/independent_wallclock` at startup. That would explain your time never changing. Next.... what did you base picking all these servers off of? Many of them reference the same place... and yet are totally out to lunch  compared to each other.

Make sure your clock is actually adjusting (check for clock adjust / reset messages in your logs), fix your config with a good selection of servers.
Have you selected all these servers to track, or are you automatically building associations? If you're building associations back, that may explain the minpoll issue if you didnt set it at 4 in your config file.

$ ntpq -pn ns30747.ovh.net
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
82.242.57.154   213.186.56.126   3 u   14   16  376   35.466  -43.358   6.115
81.240.152.152  213.186.56.126   3 u   28  128  377    6.269  118.227  13.435
83.179.167.131  213.186.56.126   3 u  46m 1024  370   32.224  2871.99 1254.23
81.48.114.137   213.186.56.126   3 u    3   16  377   28.678  -196.48   8.244
82.237.91.167   213.186.56.126   3 u  87m 1024  200   22.858  -175.61   5.533
66.172.137.234  213.186.56.126   3 u  78m 1024  200  102.692  527.171 128.809
82.241.241.215  213.186.56.126   3 u 1003 1024  140   95.179  584.403 102.506
81.192.28.238   213.186.56.126   3 u   13   16  377  116.923  -332.37  88.816
86.203.109.185  138.195.130.71   3 u    4   16  377   13.577  741.561   5.753
83.154.100.75   81.91.70.122     3 u    2   16  377   54.786  566.355 115.661
201.242.67.148  213.186.56.126   3 u  314 1024   77  301.322  -89.832  24.084
81.220.209.243  213.186.56.126   3 u    1   16  377   11.071  -83.893   4.653
216.239.28.98   213.186.56.126   3 u    8   16  377  115.712  762.908   8.555
69.157.165.27   213.186.56.126   3 u   10   16  372  161.231  -396.59 653.101
67.86.2.8       64.81.199.165    2 u   55   64   36  184.107   86.028   8.222
62.49.211.200   80.127.4.179     2 u   19   64   17    5.693   84.358   8.524
213.30.180.146  200.23.51.205    2 u   21   64   16    2.409  153.291   4.661
128.197.73.107  64.81.199.165    2 u   42   64    6   87.091   -0.530   0.694
84.100.219.49   84.207.3.38      3 u   10   16    7    0.004  -1069.8  27.677
69.120.125.19   82.152.150.47    2 u    3   16  377  200.443  -25986. 117.580
67.171.129.81   64.142.103.194   2 u   13   16  377  103.914  44551.4 120.128
+193.67.79.202   .GPS.            1 u   19   64  377   19.209   78.690  15.007
+131.188.3.221   131.188.3.222    2 u   22   64  377   23.643   76.444  14.088
+138.96.64.10    134.157.254.19   2 u   27   64  377   16.154   83.278  19.483
-145.238.110.49  .1PPS.           1 u   63   64  377    9.141   57.295  22.059
*195.220.94.163  .GPS.            1 u   23   64  377   14.445   84.217  19.441
24.20.175.206   213.186.56.126   3 u   16   16  356  351.356  -1216.6 192.255
81.255.158.220  213.186.56.126   3 u    3   16    7   13.024  690.006   7.373
209.114.3.27    199.103.21.227   3 u    3   16  377  131.078  175.104  61.318
195.147.180.170 84.45.18.237     3 u   11   16  377   25.435  -2033.1  22.715
66.109.42.66    64.81.199.165    2 u    7   16  376   93.088  604.027   4.584
81.56.136.203   213.186.56.126   3 u    1   16  177   54.363  -118.49  51.820
82.157.234.36   213.186.56.126   3 u    9   16  377   15.739   30.939  14.960
68.96.107.85    213.186.56.126   3 u 1939 1024  300  172.655  641.853 167.848
128.197.73.138  213.186.56.126   3 u    4   16  377   78.423  -951.53   2.136
140.99.119.66   4.23.190.230     2 u   16   16  177  196.228  -7117.3 108.375
86.192.227.223  213.186.56.126   3 u   11   16  377   72.025   64.788   8.120
66.67.141.36    129.174.135.11   3 u   11   16  377  102.454  798.478  12.390
213.97.139.47   213.186.56.126   3 u    4   16  377   99.630  -141.60   5.468


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