Greetings, Finally after years of procrastination, I am about to plunge into the NTP pool with a FBSD box. 9.2-stable with PPS support. I followed the tips on http://blog.doylenet.net/?p=145 and http://www.satsignal.eu/ntp/FreeBSD-GPS-PPS.htm So far I can see my clock running http://playground.oldbonez.net/alix_GPS.png Questions I got are 1. Is it really necessary ppsX and gpsX devices to match the serial port sequence Example cuau1 (COM1) to be linked to gps1 device or you can have gps0 device I've linked cuau1 to both gps0 and gps1. However as I read it matters what is the last digit 127.127.20.0 will use gps0 and 127.127.20.1 will use gps1. Am I right?
2. Should I put flag 2 as redundant e.g fudge 127.127.20.0 flag1 1 flag2 0 flag3 1 time2 0.600 or should I leave it as fudge 127.127.20.0 flag1 1 flag3 1 time2 0.600 I have put the default restrictions as per https://support.ntp.org/bin/view/Support/AccessRestrictions both for IPv4 and v6 - restrict default kod nomodify notrap nopeer noquery 5 servers will be added as well. 3. When syncing time with peers should I pick stratum-1 as I will be running stratum-1 eventually myself or pick a stratum-2 or 3? 4. Is it needed to announce myself as stratum-1 or this is to be determined from the stats in the system? I'm aware that there will be quite interest in my small box anyway no matter which stratum it is. 5. Should I care for anything else? Thanks! _______________________________________________ pool mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/pool
