Re: [ntp:questions] garmin 18x and linux

2011-09-01 Thread Chris Albertson
As I said, Without a PPS signal you will not get reasonable results. If the GPS lacks the PPS get another GPS. They are cheap. Really nice units with timing specs literally 100X better than the 18X can be bought on eBay for $20 to $30. The problem with NMEA only setups is that (I think) the f

Re: [ntp:questions] garmin 18x and linux

2011-09-01 Thread Greg Hennessy
On 2011-09-02, Chris Albertson wrote: > Also, don't expect any reasonable result until you connect the pulse per > second to NTP. There is no PPS for the GPS18x PC. > You only listed one line from the config file. Post more of it. And > finally it helps a lot if you can add some pool servers

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of GPS device

2011-09-01 Thread Miguel Gonçalves
Comments bellow... On 2 September 2011 00:47, unruh wrote: > On 2011-09-01, Miguel Gon?alves wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Thanks for your reply. My comments bellow. > > > > On 1 September 2011 18:24, unruh wrote: > > > >> On 2011-09-01, Miguel Gon?alves wrote: > >> > Hi all! > >> > > >> > I have tw

Re: [ntp:questions] garmin 18x and linux

2011-09-01 Thread Chris Albertson
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 3:43 PM, David J Taylor wrote: > "Greg Hennessy" wrote in message > news:j3op2e$la7$1@dont-email.**me... > > I am trying to connect a garmin 18x to a redhat 6 computer. >> > [] > >> Any sugguestions? >> > > Can't help with Linux, but I suggest running the latest firmware

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of GPS device

2011-09-01 Thread unruh
On 2011-09-01, Miguel Gon?alves wrote: > Hi! > > Thanks for your reply. My comments bellow. > > On 1 September 2011 18:24, unruh wrote: > >> On 2011-09-01, Miguel Gon?alves wrote: >> > Hi all! >> > >> > I have two internal FreeBSD with GPS receivers attached (Garmin 18 LVC: >> > 10.0.2.10 / Sure

Re: [ntp:questions] garmin 18x and linux

2011-09-01 Thread unruh
On 2011-09-01, David J Taylor wrote: > "Greg Hennessy" wrote in message > news:j3op2e$la7$1...@dont-email.me... >> I am trying to connect a garmin 18x to a redhat 6 computer. > [] >> Any sugguestions? > > Can't help with Linux, but I suggest running the latest firmware (3.70) on > your 18x. Th

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of GPS device

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Miguel Gonçalves wrote: > unruh wrote: >> Miguel Gonçalves wrote: ... >>> For redundancy, I've configured a Cisco switch as a stratum 2 server. >> Here's the relevant information: >>> >>> $ ntpq -pcrv 10.0.2.254 >>> remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter >>>

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of GPS device

2011-09-01 Thread Miguel Gonçalves
Hi! Thanks for your reply. My comments bellow. On 1 September 2011 18:24, unruh wrote: > On 2011-09-01, Miguel Gon?alves wrote: > > Hi all! > > > > I have two internal FreeBSD with GPS receivers attached (Garmin 18 LVC: > > 10.0.2.10 / Sure Evaluation Board:10.0.2.9). Both machines are on the

Re: [ntp:questions] garmin 18x and linux

2011-09-01 Thread David J Taylor
"Greg Hennessy" wrote in message news:j3op2e$la7$1...@dont-email.me... I am trying to connect a garmin 18x to a redhat 6 computer. [] Any sugguestions? Can't help with Linux, but I suggest running the latest firmware (3.70) on your 18x. Cheers, David ___

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of GPS device

2011-09-01 Thread David Woolley
Miguel Gonçalves wrote: Are my GPS clocks OK? Does this happen due to the network latency? Are my stratum 2 servers OK? They are well within the allowable error bands, given the measured root delay. That's about all one can say. as the error bands are about +/- 32 ms! The delays are due

[ntp:questions] garmin 18x and linux

2011-09-01 Thread Greg Hennessy
I am trying to connect a garmin 18x to a redhat 6 computer. According to minicom I get responses from the GPS, but ntpd does not seem to see the device. My /etc/ntp.conf file has it listed as server 127.127.20.0 mode 0 prefer I get the following when I run ntp manually: ntpd 4.2.4p8@1.1612-o Thu M

Re: [ntp:questions] Accuracy of GPS device

2011-09-01 Thread unruh
On 2011-09-01, Miguel Gon?alves wrote: > Hi all! > > I have two internal FreeBSD with GPS receivers attached (Garmin 18 LVC: > 10.0.2.10 / Sure Evaluation Board:10.0.2.9). Both machines are on the same > LAN segment (VLAN). > > For redundancy, I've configured a Cisco switch as a stratum 2 server.

Re: [ntp:questions] Odd behaviour in a multicast setting (bug in ntpd???)

2011-09-01 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2011-09-01, Dave Hart wrote: > Problems with older versions which have already been resolved in 4.2.6 > and later are between you and your OS. I knew a number of multicast > issues in older ntpd have been resolved in current releases, so > evidence of multicast/manycast misbehavior in older nt

Re: [ntp:questions] Odd behaviour in a multicast setting (bug in ntpd???)

2011-09-01 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2011-09-01, Marco Marongiu wrote: > Il 30/08/2011 19:15, Steve Kostecke ha scritto: > >> We have an Autobuilder which produces Debian packages (source and >> i386 binary) of the current ntp-dev. > > Thanks Steve, but I'd rather use a stable release. Fair enough. But, for the record, we do ea

Re: [ntp:questions] Odd behaviour in a multicast setting (bug in ntpd???)

2011-09-01 Thread Dave Hart
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 13:37 UTC, Marco Marongiu wrote: > After compiling and installing 4.2.6p3 from sources, and running that, > ntpq didn't show any misbehaviour in more than 60 minutes. No oddities > appear in the logs. > > That tells us nothing, as it is exactly the same behaviour we had with

Re: [ntp:questions] Odd behaviour in a multicast setting (bug in ntpd???)

2011-09-01 Thread Marco Marongiu
Il 30/08/2011 11:04, Harlan Stenn ha scritto: >> Does this add any useful information? > Yes, and I still think it would be Interesting to see if you can > replicate the problem with a recent -stable release (or -dev even, as we > are close to starting the release cycle for 4.2.8). I grabbed a fre

Re: [ntp:questions] Odd behaviour in a multicast setting (bug in ntpd???)

2011-09-01 Thread Marco Marongiu
Il 30/08/2011 19:15, Steve Kostecke ha scritto: > We have an Autobuilder which produces Debian packages (source and i386 > binary) of the current ntp-dev. Thanks Steve, but I'd rather use a stable release. I tried to backport the squeeze package to lenny, but I hit a well known bug when trying to

[ntp:questions] Accuracy of GPS device

2011-09-01 Thread Miguel Gonçalves
Hi all! I have two internal FreeBSD with GPS receivers attached (Garmin 18 LVC: 10.0.2.10 / Sure Evaluation Board:10.0.2.9). Both machines are on the same LAN segment (VLAN). For redundancy, I've configured a Cisco switch as a stratum 2 server. Here's the relevant information: $ ntpq -pcrv 10.0.