Have a couple of surplus gps based ntp servers that have been used for time sync in the lab for few years. They are on a UPS with several hours backup and seems like a good idea to use them to contribute to the ntp global network.
Don't want to expose them directly to the net, so plan to isolate them, either via a Solaris zone or FreeBSD jail. This will have 2 network interfaces, ntp subnet facing and the other to internet via the firewall. The ntp side will run ntp client, internet side runs ntp server. Question is, will such an intermediate machine degrade the time served, or will it still be reported as a stratum 1 source. Seems a waste otherwise. ntpq -p currently reports: remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset disp ============================================================= *chronos .GPS. 1 u 23 64 377 0.18 -0.018 0.03 +nts100 .GPS. 1 u 21 64 377 0.46 -0.071 0.08 Thanks, Chris _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
