Re: [ntp:questions] stepping and slewing

2007-05-03 Thread Riccardo Castellani
Look at carefully Steve Kostecke's message where he said: step == reset the clock to the correct time in _one_ instantaneous step. A stepped clock can "move backwards". slew == adjust the clock by speeding it up or slowing it down. A slewed clock never "moves backw

Re: [ntp:questions] stepping and slewing

2007-05-01 Thread Riccardo Castellani
ns@lists.ntp.isc.org Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 9:02 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] stepping and slewing Riccardo Castellani wrote: > but can I define slew rate and step rate ? > Pheraps these parameters are defined inside kernel of o.s. ? > slew rate is always 0.5 ms/sec

Re: [ntp:questions] stepping and slewing

2007-04-30 Thread Riccardo Castellani
: questions@lists.ntp.isc.org Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] stepping and slewing Riccardo Castellani wrote: > What is difference among stepping and slewing mode which are used by ntpd ? > ___ > question

Re: [ntp:questions] stepping and slewing

2007-04-30 Thread Riccardo Castellani
, 2007 11:25 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] stepping and slewing Riccardo Castellani wrote: > What is difference among stepping and slewing mode which are used by ntpd ? > ___ > questions mailing list > questions@lists.ntp.isc.o

[ntp:questions] stepping and slewing

2007-04-29 Thread Riccardo Castellani
What is difference among stepping and slewing mode which are used by ntpd ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.isc.org https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions

[ntp:questions] ntpd -qg VS ntpd in Linux client ?

2007-04-28 Thread Riccardo Castellani
I'm interesting to align time in my four DB servers (HP-UX o.s.) of my company. But I'm not just sure to use ntpd -qg or ntpd as service. my doubts: - if I use "ntpd -qg": 1 - if server time is backward real time, does "ntpd -qg" slew time immediately ? 2 - if server time is forward real time

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-22 Thread Riccardo Castellani
Why should I have to use iburst option in server command to speed up ? when is the "iburst" option necessary ? - Original Message - From: Steve Kostecke Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp To: questions@lists.ntp.isc.org Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 1:33 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-15 Thread Riccardo Castellani
protocols.time.ntp To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 10:00 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp >>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Riccardo Castellani) writes: Riccardo> 1. I thought with "restrict default ignore" set

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-15 Thread Riccardo Castellani
teful inspection firewall. thanks Riccardo - Original Message - From: Richard B. gilbert Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp Steve Kostecke wrote: > On 2007-04-13, RICCARDO <[E

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp

2007-04-14 Thread Riccardo Castellani
wsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2007 3:59 PM Subject: Re: [ntp:questions] Linux client ntp Steve Kostecke wrote: > On 2007-04-13, RICCARDO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>I want to use ntpd -qg, it could

[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 ? ___

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd -gq VS ntpdate -B

2007-04-12 Thread RICCARDO
ecated but I'm interesting to know if they work > > in the same way, is ntpdate behavior different in comparison to ntpd ? > > > Messaggio originale > > Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Data: 11/04/2007 1.43 > > A: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Ogg: Re: [ntp:ques

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd -gq VS ntpdate -B

2007-04-12 Thread RICCARDO
than > repeated use of ntpdate. > > -Tom > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I know ntpdate is deprecated but I'm interesting to know if they work > > in the same way, is ntpdate behavior different in comparison to ntpd ? > > > > Messaggio originale---

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd -gq VS ntpdate -B

2007-04-12 Thread RICCARDO
I'm interesting to know if they work > > in the same way, is ntpdate behavior different in comparison to ntpd ? > > > Messaggio originale > > Da: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Data: 11/04/2007 1.43 > > A: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Ogg: Re: [ntp:ques

[ntp:questions] ntpd -gq VS ntpdate -B

2007-04-10 Thread RICCARDO
If I use ntpd -gq in my client I should adjust time to little steps using adjtime system call, but what's difference with "ntpdate -B" ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.isc.org https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions

[ntp:questions] deprecated NTPDATE on client

2007-04-02 Thread RICCARDO
I'm using ntpdate (with -B option) at cron interval to retrieve time from my client; someone says ntpdate is deprecated but I think time offset is usually very little at every each cron interval and with "adjtime" system call it's more soft to adjust time. (it slowly steers pc clock) Only at boot t

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate

2007-03-29 Thread Riccardo Castellani
on of NTP does. It's called NTPD. I'd give that a try. - Eric On 28 Mar 2007 02:50:11 -0700, "RICCARDO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote for the entire planet to see: >I use ntpdate command in crond to synchronize local clock of my Linux >servers. >I ru

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate

2007-03-29 Thread RICCARDO
, then slowly steer the PC clock to match it. > No > steps, no dependency on a particular server. > > This is what the reference implementation of NTP does. It's called NTPD. > I'd give > that a try. > > - Eric > > On 28 Mar 2007 02:50:11 -0700, "R

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate

2007-03-29 Thread RICCARDO
, then slowly steer the PC clock to match it. > No > steps, no dependency on a particular server. > > This is what the reference implementation of NTP does. It's called NTPD. > I'd give > that a try. > > - Eric > > On 28 Mar 2007 02:50:11 -0700, "R

[ntp:questions] ntpdate

2007-03-28 Thread RICCARDO
I use ntpdate command in crond to synchronize local clock of my Linux servers. I run ntpdate -B -s ntp1.ien.it ntp2.ien.it 1- NTP algorithm will choose best time, so is't possible client retrieves time from ntp1 server or ntp2 ? Can you confirm me this behaviour ? 2- Does it exist way to retrieve

[ntp:questions] AUTHENTICATION

2007-03-24 Thread Riccardo
Do you know if exist NTP servers (with authentication) which are free ? Is't usually necessary to pay for having authentication support from ntp servers ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.isc.org https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/

[ntp:questions] server 127.127.1.0

2007-03-23 Thread RICCARDO
If my external time sources are unavailable and I don't set Undisciplined Local Clock in ntp server, clients can synchronize themselves to my server ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.isc.org https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/quest

[ntp:questions] fudge is necessary ?

2007-03-22 Thread RICCARDO
What do you think of my ntp.conf ? These istructions are contained in my ntp.conf of my server: logfile /var/log/ntp.log restrict default ignore restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict server-A mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify restrict server-B mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify # A,B : my internal time server res

[ntp:questions] Authentication

2007-03-18 Thread Riccardo Castellani
Do you enable authentication level on NTP server ? I have one NTP server (A) which is on both internal and external network, and another 2 NTP server (B, C) in internal netowrk. A is used to retrieve time information from Internet while B,C retrieve time from A and distributing it to clients. Whe

Re: [ntp:questions] Max polling time

2007-03-14 Thread RICCARDO
My system is always run (server Master, server A , server B). I think ntpd polling time was 64s as default but you'are telling me that ntpd uses variable polling time according to environment and system status ? Hal Murray ha scritto: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > &

[ntp:questions] Max polling time

2007-03-14 Thread RICCARDO
I'm going to set Minpoll and Maxpoll time in my ntpd.conf for my NTP internal server (MASTER) which must be synchronized to external servers (stratum 1 or 2), because I think 64s is too low so i want to increase it. I have another 2 internal time servers (A, B) which must be synchronized to my MAST

[ntp:questions] Restrict accepts also hostname ?!

2007-03-14 Thread RICCARDO
I tried to add into my ntp.conf this line: restrict ntp1.inrim.it nomodify noquery notrap nopeer likes to work ! I found into this group that "restrict" requires only ipaddress but also with hostname I had no problems. I'm using fedora Core 4 and I installed ntp-4.2.0.a.20050816-0.FC4 __

Re: [ntp:questions] Internal time server

2007-03-14 Thread RICCARDO
<> What do you suggest me, to use server hostnames which resolve unique IP address ? How many servers should you insert into ntp.conf ? min. 4 ? Steve Kostecke ha scritto: > On 2007-03-13, RICCARDO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm going to create my inte

Re: [ntp:questions] Notrap option

2007-03-14 Thread RICCARDO
On 14 Mar, 03:38, Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2007-03-13, RICCARDO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If set "restrict X.Y.K.Z notrap" which operations are not permitted to > > my time server from X.Y.K.Z machine ? > > notrap ==>

[ntp:questions] Internal time server

2007-03-13 Thread RICCARDO
I'm going to create my internal time server, what do you think it I set ntp.conf so: restrict default ignore restrict 127.0.0.1 restrict 1.europe.pool.ntp.org mask 255.255.255.255 nomodify noquery notrap #for stratum 1 time server restrict 196.200.3.0 mask 255.255.255.0 nomodify noquery notrap #f

[ntp:questions] Notrap option

2007-03-13 Thread RICCARDO
If set "restrict X.Y.K.Z notrap" which operations are not permitted to my time server from X.Y.K.Z machine ? It's equivalent to not use ntpq utility ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.isc.org https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/quest

Re: [ntp:questions] Start of Daylight Savings

2007-03-08 Thread Riccardo Castellani
e hour. If in my local settings I had set for example Japan (Japan doesn't use Daylight Saving time) I would have no time changing ?! - Original Message - From: Dmitry Ivanov To: RICCARDO Cc: questions@lists.ntp.isc.org Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [ntp:ques

[ntp:questions] 2 Peer Server

2007-03-08 Thread RICCARDO
Do two peer servers negotiate time ? or They share time ?. I think configuring in my lan "ntp service" in two servers (Master1 , Master2) which are opened to public network. Master1: server ntp1.ien.it server ntp2.ien.it server ntp.iriti.cnr.it server tempo.cstv.to.cnr.it peer Master2 Master2:

[ntp:questions] Start of Daylight Savings

2007-03-08 Thread RICCARDO
When it will start Daylight Saving time, is there automatic time traslation indipendent from what ntp server I configured in my ntp.conf ? Server must be italian or European ? ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.isc.org https://lists.ntp.isc.o

[ntp:questions] configuring clients to NTP servers

2007-03-07 Thread RICCARDO
I have 15 clients in my lan, it's correct to insert as first entry in ntp configuration the same server on all 15 clients ? case 1: client K1,K2,K3,...K15 : server time.ien.it server ntp2.ien.it server ntp1.ien.it case 2: client K1 server time.ien.it server ntp2.ien.it server ntp1.ien.it client

Re: [ntp:questions] 3 Peer server at same stratum

2007-03-05 Thread RICCARDO
On 4 Mar, 11:54, Jan Ceuleers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Riccardo, > > Riccardo wrote: > > What's logic to select the server (among these 3 peers) which gives reliable > > time to two others ? > > In your example, each of the TI-x servers in fact has t

Re: [ntp:questions] 3 Peer server at same stratum

2007-03-05 Thread RICCARDO
On 4 Mar, 16:18, "Richard B. gilbert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Riccardo wrote: > > Ok, How is't possible that these three peer servers share time information > > among themselves ? > > > For example: > > Server "A" shall retrieve ti

Re: [ntp:questions] 3 Peer server at same stratum

2007-03-04 Thread Riccardo
Ok, How is't possible that these three peer servers share time information among themselves ? For example: Server "A" shall retrieve time information (for example "TI-1") from public server of stratum 1 (ntp1.ien.it), Server "B" shall retrieve time information (for example "TI-2") from public serv

[ntp:questions] 3 Peer server at same stratum.

2007-03-01 Thread RICCARDO
If I have 3 time servers (at same stratum) in my lan where each server is indipendent and has set several NTP servers of stratum 1; I 'd like creating redundancy so I think to insert peer option (using symmetric mode) in ntp.conf for all 3 servers. A peer B peer C B peer A peer C C peer A peer B