On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Scott Schappell <[email protected]>wrote:
> Greetings. I put my server in the pool a couple of days ago, and wouldn't > you know it, my ISP decides to have connection problems almost immediately. > Thankfully, it's been restored (I hope. You can see the ugliness at > http://www.pool.ntp.org/scores/173.11.101.153 ). It seems like that's the way it always works out. I added a new server not too long ago myself, and about 24 hours later, the whole datacenter my new machine was in went offline for around 8 hours. Other clients there told me it's the first time in years. I'm moving in a month and I was wondering what the protocol was for changing > IP addresses (in addition to the advice of delete the current server and add > the new one). I'm also wanting to move the access to ntp from direct public > to behind my router so I can QoS NTP traffic. I'm pretty sure you just delete your current host ahead of time and add the new one when it's online. The problem with this is that traffic will fall, but not stop, when you're taken out of the pool. Some hosts will resolved pool.ntp.org before your removal, and stay running for months, so they'll merrily keep hitting your computer even after it's out of the pool. I took this old machine out about a month ago: http://ttwagner.com/ntp.php -- traffic has fallen maybe 90%, but it's still fairly active. I don't want to leave peers hanging in the wind when I move, so I was > wondering when I should schedule the deletion. In general, the sooner the better, on account of the fact that traffic will slowly wither, rather than abruptly stop. Anyway, glad to be part of the pool and I'm still debating whether or not to > let my newfound obsession with NTP to drive me to having a GPS or radio > device. Welcome aboard! I've been eying some Oncore GPS receivers on eBay for a while now myself, so I know exactly how you feel. :)
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