Re: [ntp:questions] PPS kit for 2.6 linux kernels?

2007-04-13 Thread ramadog
Michael L. Semon wrote: > 1) Use my current Linux 2.6.18.1 + LinuxPPS and sit and watch as ntpd > darts +/- 120 us over the course of a few hours, even when idle. > > 2) Reboot to FreeBSD and let the kernel, hardpps, and the NTP kernel > code make more radical short-term adjustments, and ntpd will

Re: [ntp:questions] Losing clock ticks

2007-04-13 Thread Harlan Stenn
>>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Martin Burnicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Martin> Unlike with FreeBSD (AFAIK) there are a large number of Linux Martin> distributions with a large number of versions each, and thus a large Martin> number of different kernel versions are running out there, so t

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-13 Thread Harlan Stenn
Riccardo, What you describe can work. Please see: http://ntp.isc.org/Support/ConfiguringLocalRefclocks http://ntp.isc.org/Support/OrphanMode H ___ questions mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-13 Thread Maarten Wiltink
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > OK, I want to say that Server A, Server B are internal servers and i'm > going to use two machine for this reason: > > If Server A is not reachable, it's possible to reach server B, it's a > backup question ! > What do you think ? I th

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS kit for 2.6 linux kernels?

2007-04-13 Thread Richard B. gilbert
Hal Murray wrote: >>No. Even the hardware of ten to fifteen years ago has sufficient >>capacity to run ntpd. I run ntpd on Sun Ultra 10 machines with 440 MHz >>CPU's (late 1990's vintage). > > > Are you using PPS? Does your kernel have hardpps? Yes, I'm using PPS. I have no idea if the stand

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-13 Thread Richard B. gilbert
Steve Kostecke wrote: > On 2007-04-13, RICCARDO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I want to use ntpd -qg, it could be right this ntp.conf for my Linux >>client ? > > >>restrict default ignore >>restrict 127.0.0.1 >>restrict server A >>restrict server B > > > You could simplify this greatly by

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-13 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
OK, I want to say that Server A, Server B are internal servers and i'm going to use two machine for this reason: If Server A is not reachable, it's possible to reach server B, it's a backup question ! What do you think ? Messaggio originale Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data: 13/04/2007 15.21

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-13 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2007-04-13, RICCARDO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I want to use ntpd -qg, it could be right this ntp.conf for my Linux > client ? > restrict default ignore > restrict 127.0.0.1 > restrict server A > restrict server B You could simplify this greatly by replacing all of those restrict lines wit

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS kit for 2.6 linux kernels?

2007-04-13 Thread Uwe Klein
Martin Burnicki wrote: > Uwe Klein wrote: > > >>Maarten Wiltink wrote: >> >> >>>I still have a working (when I left it) 386SX-16 with 5 MB RAM. Is >>>there an NTP port for Windows for Workgroups 3.11? >> >>I could offer testing for original win 3.1 on amd386dx5-133 ~20MB Ram ;-) > > > The main

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-13 Thread Spoon
Riccardo wrote: > restrict default ignore > restrict 127.0.0.1 > restrict server A > restrict server B > server A > server B > driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift > broadcastdelay 0.008 > > Can I delete "broadcastdelay" and restrict 127.0.0.1 ? Did you read the documentation? What does it say? $ grep

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS kit for 2.6 linux kernels?

2007-04-13 Thread Michael L. Semon
Hal Murray wrote: >> No. Even the hardware of ten to fifteen years ago has sufficient >> capacity to run ntpd. I run ntpd on Sun Ultra 10 machines with 440 MHz >> CPU's (late 1990's vintage). > > Are you using PPS? Does your kernel have hardpps? > > My question was not whether ntpd would run o

Re: [ntp:questions] Will ntpd tell me if it encounters problems?

2007-04-13 Thread Heiko Gerstung
gluino schrieb: > This was what I was looking for! > > http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/time-server-monitor.htm > Meinberg's "NTP Time Server Monitor" -- "The NTP Time Server Monitor, > available for the operating systems Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server, > allows the user to configure and control

Re: [ntp:questions] Will ntpd tell me if it encounters problems?

2007-04-13 Thread gluino
This was what I was looking for! http://www.meinberg.de/english/sw/time-server-monitor.htm Meinberg's "NTP Time Server Monitor" -- "The NTP Time Server Monitor, available for the operating systems Windows NT/2000/XP/2003 Server, allows the user to configure and control the local NTP service with a

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS kit for 2.6 linux kernels?

2007-04-13 Thread Martin Burnicki
Uwe Klein wrote: > Maarten Wiltink wrote: > >> I still have a working (when I left it) 386SX-16 with 5 MB RAM. Is >> there an NTP port for Windows for Workgroups 3.11? > > I could offer testing for original win 3.1 on amd386dx5-133 ~20MB Ram ;-) The main problem will be that Win 3.1 doesn't pro

Re: [ntp:questions] Losing clock ticks (Was: Severe time drift for Undisciplined Local Clock)

2007-04-13 Thread Martin Burnicki
Richard, Richard B. gilbert wrote: > Martin Burnicki wrote: >> David, >> >> David Woolley wrote: >> [...] >> >>>(Linux is OK for a dedicated server, although it can lose clock >>>ticks if it is doing other things that require disk I/O.) >> >> >> I don't know why this is posted continuously her

Re: [ntp:questions] Losing clock ticks (Was: Severe time drift for Undisciplined Local Clock)

2007-04-13 Thread Martin Burnicki
Harlan, Harlan Stenn wrote: In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Martin Burnicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Martin> Maybe the fact that problems are more often reported under Linux > is Martin> just due to the fact (I guess) there are much more > installations of Martin> Linux rather th

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS kit for 2.6 linux kernels?

2007-04-13 Thread Hal Murray
>No. Even the hardware of ten to fifteen years ago has sufficient >capacity to run ntpd. I run ntpd on Sun Ultra 10 machines with 440 MHz >CPU's (late 1990's vintage). Are you using PPS? Does your kernel have hardpps? My question was not whether ntpd would run on old machines, but why the hard

[ntp:questions] Autokey Helper Script(s) - public beta test

2007-04-13 Thread Heiko Gerstung
Hi! I created a helper script which allows me to setup autokey on the server and on my clients without having to remember all the details and commandline options. I put the name "ak_tools" to it and currently this tiny little project contains one script called ak_tool and a few symbolic links whi

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS kit for 2.6 linux kernels?

2007-04-13 Thread Uwe Klein
Maarten Wiltink wrote: > I still have a working (when I left it) 386SX-16 with 5 MB RAM. Is > there an NTP port for Windows for Workgroups 3.11? I could offer testing for original win 3.1 on amd386dx5-133 ~20MB Ram ;-) G! uwe ___ questions mailing lis

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS kit for 2.6 linux kernels?

2007-04-13 Thread Maarten Wiltink
"Richard B. gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [...] I run ntpd on Sun Ultra 10 machines with 440 MHz > CPU's (late 1990's vintage). You could probably run ntpd on > an 80486 processor if you: > a. could still find one and, > b. could equip it with enough RAM.

Re: [ntp:questions] Consumer GPS question

2007-04-13 Thread Spoon
Michael L. Semon wrote: > Spoon wrote: > >> Michael L. Semon wrote: >> >>> [...] I'm using ntpd's ATOM PPS driver and the LinuxPPS kernel patch >>> for kernel 2.6.19 >> >> Could you provide a link to this kernel patch? > > It's been a while, but it seems to be here: > > http://ftp.enneenne.com/p

[ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-13 Thread RICCARDO
I want to use ntpd -qg, it could be right this ntp.conf for my Linux client ? restrict default ignore restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict server A restrict server B server A server B driftfile /var/lib/ntp/drift broadcastdelay 0.008 Can i delete "broadcastdelay" and restrict 127.0.0.1 ? ___