Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread David J Taylor
John Hasler wrote: > Unruh writes: >> Actrually I think but am not sure, that chrony can also run on >> FreeBSD but I might be wrong > > FreeBSD is supported as of 1.23. Is there any chance of Windows support, John, or of ref-clock support? David ___

Re: [ntp:questions] solaris 9, ntpdate

2009-07-13 Thread Danny Mayer
Chuck Young wrote: > Hello, > > I've spent quite a bit of time diving both solaris docs and ntp.org docs and > am unable to come up with answers to what follows. > > It's difficult for me to speak authoritatively to exactly what happened as it > was 2 weeks ago and I've only been recently calle

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread Rich Wales
> (I have seen it but have no references to give you. Ie, a group altered > ntp to use the computer temperature to predict the rate changes, and > found that they got a significant improvement in the clock discipline > doing that. Some references for this: http://dx.eng.uiowa.edu/dave/ntptemp.php

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread Unruh
Evandro Menezes writes: >On Jul 13, 12:04=A0pm, Unruh wrote: >> >> Or use the temperature controlled ntp ( reads the temp and uses that to >> estimate the clock rate changes due to temp variations) >Where can I find this NTP? googleing on "ntp temperature compansation" gave as the first item

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread John Hasler
Unruh writes: > Actrually I think but am not sure, that chrony can also run on FreeBSD > but I might be wrong FreeBSD is supported as of 1.23. -- John Hasler j...@dhh.gt.org Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA ___ questions mailing list questions@lists

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread Unruh
"Richard B. Gilbert" writes: >Evandro Menezes wrote: >> On Jul 12, 3:21 pm, Unruh wrote: >>> The way ntp works, faster polling also means worse rate estimation and >>> more annoyance of the providers of the time. The current setup is done >>> that way to try to minimize the rate error, so if you

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread Unruh
"David J Taylor" writes: >Unruh wrote: >[] >> Use chrony. Much much faster reaction time and better clock control. >> However you must be running Linux (yet another reason to change). >[] >Not much point in changing to Linux if all the applications I run require >a different OS. >For timekeep

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
Evandro Menezes wrote: > On Jul 12, 3:21 pm, Unruh wrote: >> The way ntp works, faster polling also means worse rate estimation and >> more annoyance of the providers of the time. The current setup is done >> that way to try to minimize the rate error, so if your sconnection to >> ntp goes down, y

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread Evandro Menezes
On Jul 13, 12:04 pm, Unruh wrote: > > Or use the temperature controlled ntp ( reads the temp and uses that to > estimate the clock rate changes due to temp variations) Where can I find this NTP? TIA ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org h

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread David J Taylor
Unruh wrote: [] > Use chrony. Much much faster reaction time and better clock control. > However you must be running Linux (yet another reason to change). [] Not much point in changing to Linux if all the applications I run require a different OS. For timekeeping, FreeBSD has a good reputation.

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread Unruh
Evandro Menezes writes: >On Jul 12, 3:21=A0pm, Unruh wrote: >> >> The way ntp works, faster polling also means worse rate estimation and >> more annoyance of the providers of the time. The current setup is done >> that way to try to minimize the rate error, so if your sconnection to >> ntp goes

Re: [ntp:questions] Keeping NTP Honest

2009-07-13 Thread Evandro Menezes
On Jul 12, 3:21 pm, Unruh wrote: > > The way ntp works, faster polling also means worse rate estimation and > more annoyance of the providers of the time. The current setup is done > that way to try to minimize the rate error, so if your sconnection to > ntp goes down, your system can freewheel wi

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp.conf file setup in netbsd

2009-07-13 Thread Danny Mayer
Runa Dahal wrote: > I am using NetBSD 5.0 operating system in a low powered embedded computer > used solely for the purpose of NTP. I have enabled options PPS_SYNC option > in the kernel and rebuilt it. My ntp.conf file has the following set up: > > server 127.127.20.1 > > fudge 127.127.20.1 flag

Re: [ntp:questions] Help needed

2009-07-13 Thread Danny Mayer
Eric Magutu wrote: > Hi, > I am having a problem with ntp. The previous sys admin installed ntp from > source on Freebsd 7.0 I am unable to correct the time on the server, > everytime I change the time it goes back to its original time. I can't find > where the ntp.conf file is located. Here is the

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd questions - FreeBSD 5.5

2009-07-13 Thread Danny Mayer
David Shoulders wrote: > I have a little file server running in my basement, and since it's the > only machine running all the time, I set it up to run ntpd and provide > clock settings to my other machines. > > The machine is running FreeBSD 5.5. I installed it some years ago, and > have had