Dennis Hilberg, Jr. wrote:
> Jan Hoevers wrote:
>   
>>> 63.240.161.99 is actually synced to time-a.nist.gov and if you query 
>>> time-a.nist.gov you get one source there, the local clock, although it is 
>>> synced by the ACTS dial service. Maybe there's something wrong with the 
>>> ACTS 
>>> service and time-a.nist.gov is unable to sync, so it's wandering and 
>>> 63.240.161.99 is following it blindly, apparently.
>>>
>>> If that's the case, you'd think that the ntpd at 63.240.161.99 would have 
>>> declared time-a.nist.gov a falseticker a long time ago and chosen one of 
>>> its 
>>> other configured servers. Given that it hasn't though it might indicate 
>>> there are no other configured servers, which is never a good configuration 
>>> as we all can see.
>>>       
>> No, not synced to time-a.nist.gov (why do you think so?), but to
>> 78.103.190.106, which hasn't got a reverse dns and is reporting stratum 16.
>>     
>
> Note the last server:
>
> saturn:$ ntpq -pn
>     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
> ============================================================================
> *127.127.28.0    .PPS.          0 l    -   16  377    0.000    0.468   0.057
> +127.127.20.0    .GPS.          0 l   13   16  377    0.000    1.584  12.997
> -192.168.1.103   .WWVB.         1 u    6   16  376    0.175   13.474   0.102
> -140.142.16.34   .USNO.         1 u   90  128  377   14.410    2.828   1.764
> +132.249.20.88   .WWVB.         1 u   85  128  377   44.129    1.037   3.999
> -216.218.254.202 .CDMA.         1 u   83  128  377   35.292    2.851   2.892
> -198.60.22.240   .GPS.          1 u   88  128  377   52.885    2.951   2.146
> x63.240.161.99   129.6.15.28    2 u   98  128  377   68.375  319.594   0.851
>
> The refid is that server's current system peer.
>
> saturn:$ dig -x 129.6.15.28 +short
> time-a.nist.gov.
>
> Unless we are talking about a different server...
>
>   
I think it's using a dialup to sync and only doing it every few days (if 
you look at the graph no it has a sawtooth step in it) 
http://www.pool.ntp.org/scores/63.240.161.99

John
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