[ntp:questions] www.ntp.org via IPv6 (Was: Re: What to do about broken IPv6 sites)

2009-06-21 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2009-06-21, Allen Kistler wrote: > Steve Kostecke wrote: > >> I have an IPv6 tunnel through Hurricane Electric and have _no_ problems >> with IPv6 to *.ntp.org > > Interesting. traceroute (tcp, udp, and icmp) says: > > 1 2002:638e:214e:1::1 (2002:638e:214e:1::1) > 2 2002:c058:6301:: (2

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP Software--Time Accuracy

2009-06-21 Thread David J Taylor
Richard B. Gilbert wrote: [] > I'd guess that someone installed NTPD and neglected to configure it. > I've never rung NTPD on Windows so I'm hazy on the details of > configuring it on Windows. The Meinberg installation includes configuration by default, using some pool servers. > Most other syst

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP Software--Time Accuracy

2009-06-21 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
W. eWatson wrote: > I've read the above. > > I'm using Win2000. My use is personal. > > When I checked the task mgr, I found ntpd.exe is running. > Meinberg was installed, and available through Start->Programs. I ran the > status program from there and it opened a DOS window that was running >

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP Software--Time Accuracy

2009-06-21 Thread W. eWatson
I've read the above. I'm using Win2000. My use is personal. When I checked the task mgr, I found ntpd.exe is running. Meinberg was installed, and available through Start->Programs. I ran the status program from there and it opened a DOS window that was running ntpq -p. It showed "No association

Re: [ntp:questions] What to do about broken IPv6 sites

2009-06-21 Thread Allen Kistler
Steve Kostecke wrote: > On 2009-06-19, Rick Jones wrote: > >> Allen Kistler wrote: >> >>> For example, http://www.ntp.org. >>> NTP.org has a perfectly good IPv4 site, but the IPv6 site doesn't >>> answer to SYNs. > > ??? tcpdump says: 14:33:53.083303 IP6 2002:638e:214e:1:20b:cdff:fe8b:1495.57

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

2009-06-21 Thread jimp
Rob wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> John Hasler wrote: >>> Jim Pennino writes: If you limit the problem to Olson, the problem was solved years ago at: ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ >>> >>> Until they have a budget cut, a server reorganization, decide the traffic >>> is exc

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

2009-06-21 Thread jimp
David Woolley wrote: > j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> David Woolley wrote: >>> j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >>> What about all the systems that don't use Olson? >>> I'm only aware of one that doesn't require the system administrator to >>> manually configure for any zone that

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

2009-06-21 Thread Uwe Klein
Rob wrote: > And you keep ingnoring the fact that timezone info is not just about > OS vendors. NTP is a protcol that can be used by anything that wants > to keep correct time, not only by a computer system running a commercial > OS. This is "localisation" and the TZ* element is only one small

Re: [ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP Software--Time Accuracy

2009-06-21 Thread Gene Miller
On Jun 20, 1:42 pm, "W. eWatson" wrote: > In some science working I'm doing, I need subsecond accuracy for > timestamps.  I was told the s/w in the Subject will do the trick. Maybe > someone has used it before. I have little to go on, but installed it > successfully yesterday--I think. I gave it t

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

2009-06-21 Thread Rob
j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > John Hasler wrote: >> Jim Pennino writes: >>> If you limit the problem to Olson, the problem was solved years ago at: >>> ftp://elsie.nci.nih.gov/pub/ >> >> Until they have a budget cut, a server reorganization, decide the traffic >> is excessive, or just get b

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

2009-06-21 Thread David Woolley
j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: > David Woolley wrote: >> j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> >>> What about all the systems that don't use Olson? >>> >> I'm only aware of one that doesn't require the system administrator to >> manually configure for any zone that that doesn't match the (histori