Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread David J Taylor
"A C" wrote in message news:4f4b221a.6020...@acarver.net... [] Sun sparc (Zilog serial ports), not Intel/AMD. FreeBSD has different serial drivers for different architectures. The hardware I have is not faulty. Under Solaris it all works (but I don't have a copy of Solaris 7 around to supp

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread A C
On 2/26/2012 22:02, David J Taylor wrote: "A C" wrote in message news:4f4a8863.2010...@acarver.net... [] FreeBSD's serial drivers are also very broken (in fact, even more broken than NetBSD because FreeBSD can't even see the DCD line). This sounds like you have faulty hardware. There has been

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread David J Taylor
"A C" wrote in message news:4f4a8863.2010...@acarver.net... [] FreeBSD's serial drivers are also very broken (in fact, even more broken than NetBSD because FreeBSD can't even see the DCD line). This sounds like you have faulty hardware. There has been no problem with FreeBSD drivers on the

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread David J Taylor
"Richard B. Gilbert" wrote in message news:s9-dnzgbns0_jtfsnz2dnuvz_uwdn...@giganews.com... [] If you really want good time and can afford a GPS *timing* receiver that's the way to do it. The last I heard, you could get a timing receiver for $100 -- $300. Time for an update - as Bill says,

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread unruh
On 2012-02-27, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > On 2/26/2012 6:20 PM, unruh wrote: >> On 2012-02-26, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >>> On 2/26/2012 12:55 AM, Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote: On 2/25/2012 5:05 PM, A C wrote: > On 2/25/2012 13:09, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >> On 2/25/2012 1:20 AM, A C

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 2/26/2012 6:20 PM, unruh wrote: On 2012-02-26, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: On 2/26/2012 12:55 AM, Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote: On 2/25/2012 5:05 PM, A C wrote: On 2/25/2012 13:09, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: On 2/25/2012 1:20 AM, A C wrote: On 2/24/2012 21:26, A C wrote: Is it possible to chang

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 2/26/2012 6:20 PM, unruh wrote: On 2012-02-26, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: On 2/26/2012 12:55 AM, Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote: On 2/25/2012 5:05 PM, A C wrote: On 2/25/2012 13:09, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: On 2/25/2012 1:20 AM, A C wrote: On 2/24/2012 21:26, A C wrote: Is it possible to chang

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread unruh
On 2012-02-26, A C wrote: > On 2/26/2012 15:09, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >> On 2/26/2012 12:55 AM, Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote: >>> On 2/25/2012 5:05 PM, A C wrote: On 2/25/2012 13:09, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > On 2/25/2012 1:20 AM, A C wrote: >> On 2/24/2012 21:26, A C wrote: >>>

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread unruh
On 2012-02-26, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > On 2/26/2012 12:55 AM, Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote: >> On 2/25/2012 5:05 PM, A C wrote: >>> On 2/25/2012 13:09, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: On 2/25/2012 1:20 AM, A C wrote: > On 2/24/2012 21:26, A C wrote: >> Is it possible to change the polling in

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread A C
On 2/26/2012 15:09, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: On 2/26/2012 12:55 AM, Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote: On 2/25/2012 5:05 PM, A C wrote: On 2/25/2012 13:09, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: On 2/25/2012 1:20 AM, A C wrote: On 2/24/2012 21:26, A C wrote: Is it possible to change the polling interval of one or

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
On 2/26/2012 12:55 AM, Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote: On 2/25/2012 5:05 PM, A C wrote: On 2/25/2012 13:09, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: On 2/25/2012 1:20 AM, A C wrote: On 2/24/2012 21:26, A C wrote: Is it possible to change the polling interval of one or more associated servers at runtime? It seems l

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread Ron Frazier (NTP)
On 2/26/2012 2:30 PM, A C wrote: On 2/26/2012 10:20, David J Taylor wrote: "A C" wrote in message news:4f4a6e79.3010...@acarver.net... [] It's the latest dev version on NetBSD using five network servers plus the SHM refclock plus the ATOM refclock. The SHM is not very stable with its offset so

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread A C
On 2/26/2012 10:20, David J Taylor wrote: "A C" wrote in message news:4f4a6e79.3010...@acarver.net... [] It's the latest dev version on NetBSD using five network servers plus the SHM refclock plus the ATOM refclock. The SHM is not very stable with its offset so I don't use it right now which le

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread David J Taylor
"A C" wrote in message news:4f4a6e79.3010...@acarver.net... [] It's the latest dev version on NetBSD using five network servers plus the SHM refclock plus the ATOM refclock. The SHM is not very stable with its offset so I don't use it right now which leaves me ATOM plus network (one of the n

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread A C
On 2/25/2012 23:19, David J Taylor wrote: "A C" wrote in message news:4f49ca89.9090...@acarver.net... On 2/25/2012 21:55, Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote: [] # GPS Lines server 127.127.20.5 prefer minpoll 3 maxpoll 6 mode 72 fudge 127.127.20.5 time2 0.3100 refid GPS1 # Internet server lines # NIST N

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd wedged again

2012-02-26 Thread Danny Mayer
On 2/26/2012 10:27 AM, unruh wrote: > On 2012-02-26, Danny Mayer wrote: >> On 2/26/2012 12:17 AM, Dave Hart wrote: >>> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 03:37, Danny Mayer wrote: It could well be that rackety is sending KOD packets and this server is not recognizing them as such. rackety has a he

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd wedged again

2012-02-26 Thread unruh
On 2012-02-26, Danny Mayer wrote: > On 2/26/2012 12:17 AM, Dave Hart wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 03:37, Danny Mayer wrote: >>> It could well be that rackety is sending KOD packets and this server is >>> not recognizing them as such. rackety has a heavy load under normal >>> circumstances so

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpd wedged again

2012-02-26 Thread Danny Mayer
On 2/26/2012 12:17 AM, Dave Hart wrote: > On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 03:37, Danny Mayer wrote: >> It could well be that rackety is sending KOD packets and this server is >> not recognizing them as such. rackety has a heavy load under normal >> circumstances so it may well do so. When it does so the n

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread unruh
On 2012-02-26, Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote: > On 2/25/2012 6:42 PM, unruh wrote: >> On 2012-02-25, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >> >>> On 2/25/2012 1:20 AM, A C wrote: >>> On 2/24/2012 21:26, A C wrote: > Is it possible to change the polling interval of one or more associ

Re: [ntp:questions] Change poll interval at runtime?

2012-02-26 Thread David Lord
Ron Frazier (NTP) wrote: On 2/25/2012 6:42 PM, unruh wrote: On 2012-02-25, Richard B. Gilbert wrote: On 2/25/2012 1:20 AM, A C wrote: On 2/24/2012 21:26, A C wrote: Is it possible to change the polling interval of one or more associated servers at runtime? It seems like I sho

Re: [ntp:questions] Frequency Offset

2012-02-26 Thread David J Taylor
"Richard B. Gilbert" wrote in message news:x_ednyrcxr9hz9tsnz2dnuvz_rcdn...@giganews.com... [] Get ready for a shock. NTPD needs thirty minutes or more to get a reasonable facsimile of the correct time. To get the microseconds right, NTPD needs more like ten hours! It's not a very good fit