Re: [ntp:questions] Adjust serial device speed in ACTS refclock driver?

2014-10-06 Thread Rich Wales
connects to my ISP just fine but was really slow -- remember, I'm not trying to use this TrendNet modem to connect to an ISP -- I'm only trying to use it to connect to the NIST ACTS. Rich Wales ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org

Re: [ntp:questions] ACTS refclock is way off w.r.t GPS refclock

2014-10-06 Thread Rich Wales
for, it's OK. Thanks for suggesting that I fiddle with time1 some more. Rich Wales ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

[ntp:questions] Does ntpq have an equivalent to ntpdc's fudge command?

2014-10-05 Thread Rich Wales
refclock (in order to schedule an immediate dialup attempt). I know how to do this with ntpdc, but I haven't been able to find the corresponding command in ntpq. Rich Wales ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http

[ntp:questions] Adjust serial device speed in ACTS refclock driver?

2014-10-05 Thread Rich Wales
B19200 to B1200 in the ACTS driver, and the resulting ntpd was able to connect and get valid time info from NIST. But I'd prefer a solution, if at all possible, that doesn't require changing the source code. Any thoughts? Rich Wales ri...@richw.org

Re: [ntp:questions] Adjust serial device speed in ACTS refclock driver?

2014-10-05 Thread Rich Wales
at least one of the known modem time services supports or requires a very high baud rate, BTW, I'm unconvinced that supporting anything higher than 9600 is really necessary for this application. Rich Wales ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list

[ntp:questions] ACTS refclock is way off w.r.t GPS refclock

2014-10-05 Thread Rich Wales
the modem refclock is so far off? Is there anything I can do about it? Rich Wales ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

[ntp:questions] ACTS modem advice?

2014-09-29 Thread Rich Wales
current Linux-compatible modem hardware would people suggest? It would be nice if a new modem could handle fax (so that I can use it for more than just occasional time service calls). Rich Wales ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Compensating for asymmetric delay on a per-peer/server basis?

2014-09-13 Thread Rich Wales
.PPS.1 u 18 64 377 191.1924.890 8.968 == Any thoughts? Rich Wales ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org

[ntp:questions] Compensating for asymmetric delay on a per-peer/server basis?

2014-09-09 Thread Rich Wales
infrastructure. The asymmetry does not appear to be traffic-dependent; I see pretty much the same offset (between 2 and 3 msec) at any time, day or night. I'm running NTP version 4.2.6p5@1.2349-o. Rich Wales ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list

Re: [ntp:questions] Compensating for asymmetric delay on a per-peer/server basis?

2014-09-09 Thread Rich Wales
. Rich Wales ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] cgps command question

2009-10-22 Thread Rich Wales
be directed to the gpsd-users list (gpsd-us...@lists.berlios.de), so if this answer isn't sufficient, you should ask again on that list. -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richwales

Re: [ntp:questions] Fudge time offset on client/peer?

2009-10-16 Thread Rich Wales
why I wanted to be able to fudge an association. Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Fudge time offset on client/peer?

2009-10-16 Thread Rich Wales
a Linux box) and fudge the NTP packets going between my stratum-1 server and the outside? (Yes, I agree this could easily end up being a messy kludge, but . . . .) Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https

[ntp:questions] Fudge time offset on client/peer?

2009-10-15 Thread Rich Wales
? If not, can this be considered as an enhancement? Or am I missing some very good reason why this is a Really Bad Idea that should (and will) never be implemented? Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https

Re: [ntp:questions] Fudge time offset on client/peer?

2009-10-15 Thread Rich Wales
protocol assumes that traffic comes and goes with equal speed, and it has no way to detect situations in which this is not true. -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richwales

Re: [ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-08-07 Thread Rich Wales
Correct; the interleaved modes, both symmetric and broadcast, are in the development version now. OK, thanks for clearing that up. Am I correct in understanding that interleaved symmetric mode would be useful if peers are on opposite sides of a cable or DSL modem infrastructure? -- Rich

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP stops when client address changes?

2009-08-07 Thread Rich Wales
my ISP gave me at no extra charge) -- but not everyone may be able to do this. -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richwales ___ questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-08-07 Thread Rich Wales
- to 10-msec discrepancy between my GPS clock and Stanford's campus NTP infrastructure, it turns out that Stanford's existing TrueTime GPS clock is old and is being phased out. My clock agrees very closely with a new Meinberg GPS clock which will become the new campus refclock soon. -- Rich Wales

Re: [ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-08-06 Thread Rich Wales
-- and that the end result would be good as long as I wasn't expecting to get super-accurate, sub-microsecond sync (for which I admittedly would need special network cards with hardware timestamp capabilities). Am I mistaken here? -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http

Re: [ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-08-05 Thread Rich Wales
need the separate PPS refclock anyway -- the GPS_NMEA driver deals with the PPS just fine all by itself -- so I took it out a couple of days ago. -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales Facebook: http://www.facebook.com

Re: [ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-08-03 Thread Rich Wales
for the above evidence that seems to suggest its time is off. Any thoughts or suggestions welcomed. -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richwales

Re: [ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-08-03 Thread Rich Wales
into the same 100baseT switch -- so there shouldn't have been any network delays to speak of between them -- and they still appeared to differ by several milliseconds. -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales Facebook: http

Re: [ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-08-01 Thread Rich Wales
and see what it's looking like in the next day or two. -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richwales ___ questions mailing list questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-08-01 Thread Rich Wales
.1 u 688 1024 3774.7062.829 0.131 You might remember I brought up the issue, some time ago, of how the University of Washington's server (bigben) appears to be way off. -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Re: [ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-08-01 Thread Rich Wales
, rootdelay=0.000, rootdispersion=5.384, peer=11864, refid=GPS, reftime=ce1f0d2b.007d3962 Sat, Aug 1 2009 11:51:23.001, poll=10, clock=ce1f0d53.390640e8 Sat, Aug 1 2009 11:52:03.222, state=4, offset=-1.871, frequency=91.237, jitter=1.968, noise=1.791, stability=0.000, tai=0 -- Rich Wales / ri

Re: [ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-08-01 Thread Rich Wales
14 16 3769.099 -6.797 8.415 I still seem to be several milliseconds different from the Stanford campus time source; this is going to require further investigation. -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales Facebook

[ntp:questions] Seeking help configuring GPS refclock

2009-07-31 Thread Rich Wales
,2,08,0.9,38.0,M,-32.4,M,,*4B $GPRMC,013259,A,3726.2063,N,12210.8019,W,000.0,000.0,010809,015.0,E*6B $GPGGA,013259,3726.2063,N,12210.8019,W,2,08,0.9,38.0,M,-32.4,M,,*4A Any thoughts? -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales

Re: [ntp:questions] Local (own site) NTP servers.

2009-07-23 Thread Rich Wales
'. You might want to read some of them. And just for the benefit of those who might not know enough about Unixoid systems to catch the typos, those path names should be /dev/console (with an initial slash) and /dev/null, respectively. -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread Rich Wales
https://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/hackers/2009-March/004046.html http://www.ijs.si/time/temp-compensation/ -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richwales

Re: [ntp:questions] NTP - best practice if there is a local stratum 2 server

2009-07-05 Thread Rich Wales
would prefer would be some way to make a stratum floor apply only to a single pool -- not to the entire configuration (as appears to be the case with tos floor). Or is there a better solution to this overall issue -- short of simply shunning pools entirely, even as a backup strategy? -- Rich Wales

[ntp:questions] TomTom ONE GPS as refclock?

2009-06-19 Thread Rich Wales
Is it possible to use a TomTom ONE portable GPS unit as a time reference with ntpd (without breaking the unit, voiding its warranty, etc., etc.)? The unit can connect to a PC via a USB cable, but I have no idea regarding the capabilities or limitations of its software interface. -- Rich Wales

Re: [ntp:questions] Syncing to nearby vs. faraway servers

2009-06-17 Thread Rich Wales
my campus timekeepers to adopt 4.2.6 as soon as it comes out, and have them encourage THEIR peers to do the same). -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri...@stanford.edu Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Richwales Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/richwales

Re: [ntp:questions] Can or should the NTP protocol eventually serve timezone data?

2009-06-17 Thread Rich Wales
where that server is and which locality's DST rules it is following. In my view, it makes far more sense for NTP to keep hands off the whole DST question and confine itself to time-zone-independent issues (such as UTC, leap seconds, and TAI offset). -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org / ri

Re: [ntp:questions] Syncing to nearby vs. faraway servers

2009-06-15 Thread Rich Wales
randomly picked from my own country's pool (*.us.pool.ntp.org) might not be good choices. When 4.2.6 comes out, will the pool command with the preempt option do a better job of weeding out pool servers that are far away, and thus possibly of doubtful reliability? -- Rich Wales / ri...@richw.org