terrypearl wrote: > Steve - I thank you for your time in replying. Hopefully I can get this > operational. > <snip> > > remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset > jitter > ============================================================================== > > > 192.245.169.15 .PPS. 1 u 76 1024 1 123.394 8246.05 > 0.002 > gatling.ikk.szt 195.111.99.186 2 u 105 1024 1 120.227 8239.82 > 0.002 > raptor.tera-byt 132.163.4.101 2 u 88 1024 1 87.253 8238.11 > 0.002 > time-a.nist.gov .ACTS. 1 u 87 1024 1 158.194 8318.57 > 0.002 > time-b.nist.gov .ACTS. 1 u 83 1024 1 125.022 8299.00 > 0.002 > > which doesn't show a default with an asterisk which somebody said would > indicate the system used by ntpd to set the time automatically and keep > it synched. Is this true? How can I tell if ntpd is working and keeping > the clock synched?
You didn't wait nearly long enough between starting ntpd and running ntpq -p!! The banner shows that each server has responded only once. The poll interval seems rather high to say the least. Polling normally starts at 64 second intervals unless you tamper with the defaults for MINPOLL and MAXPOLL. Such tampering is NOT a good idea!!! Adding "iburst" to each of your server statements in ntp.conf should give you a much quicker startup. It causes the first eight request packets to be sent at two second intervals and gets the information necessary to start synchronizing your clock in about sixteen seconds instead of almost six minutes. When the number in the "reach" column reaches 377 you know that the server has responded to the last eight requests; it's an eight bit shift register and the display is in octal. Each response from a server shifts a one bit in from the right hand side. When a server fails to respond a zero is shifted in. So make the necessary changes to ntp.conf and restart ntpd. Wait four or five minutes and say "ntpq -p". You should then get a banner that shows 377 for all the servers, and one of them should be marked with an asterisk in column one. The asterisk indicates "selected as the synchronization source". From zero to three others may be marked with a plus sign. The plus sign indicates the server is a member of the "selection set" and is thus a candidate for selection as the synchronization source. Minus signs indicate rejected servers and an "X" indicates that the server is considered "insane"! _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
