[ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using a nano kernel.

2013-01-15 Thread Edward T. Mischanko
associd=0 status=011d leap_none, sync_pps, 1 event, kern, version="ntpd 4.2.7p347@1.2483-o Mon Jan 7 19:42:41 UTC 2013 (1)", processor="i386", system="FreeBSD/8.2-RELEASE", leap=00, stratum=1, precision=-15, rootdelay=0.000, rootdisp=1.105, refid=PPS, reftime=d4a00515.47aa3d3d Tue, Jan 15 2013

Re: [ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using a nano kernel.

2013-01-15 Thread unruh
On 2013-01-15, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: > > > associd=0 status=011d leap_none, sync_pps, 1 event, kern, > version="ntpd 4.2.7p347@1.2483-o Mon Jan 7 19:42:41 UTC 2013 (1)", > processor="i386", system="FreeBSD/8.2-RELEASE", leap=00, stratum=1, > precision=-15, rootdelay=0.000, rootdisp=1.105, re

Re: [ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using a nano kernel.

2013-01-15 Thread Edward T. Mischanko
"unruh" wrote in message news:0RgJs.101361$2v@newsfe05.iad... On 2013-01-15, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: associd=0 status=011d leap_none, sync_pps, 1 event, kern, version="ntpd 4.2.7p347@1.2483-o Mon Jan 7 19:42:41 UTC 2013 (1)", processor="i386", system="FreeBSD/8.2-RELEASE", leap=0

[ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-15 Thread Edward T. Mischanko
How do I configure NTPD so that only the PPS offset is used to figure the clock offset, instead of factoring in the surviving back-up servers that have bigger offsets? I only want the back-up servers to come into play when, or if, the PPS fails. # enable pps enable kernel enable ntp tos mincl

Re: [ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using a nano kernel.

2013-01-15 Thread unruh
On 2013-01-15, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: > > > "unruh" wrote in message news:0RgJs.101361$2v@newsfe05.iad... > > On 2013-01-15, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: >> >> >> associd=0 status=011d leap_none, sync_pps, 1 event, kern, >> version="ntpd 4.2.7p347@1.2483-o Mon Jan 7 19:42:41 UTC 2013 (1)

Re: [ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using a nano kernel.

2013-01-15 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:18 AM, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: > It means that successive calls to the gettimeofday function return with > a difference that is not less than 2^-15 sec. > Thanks for the reply and the information. Is -15 good, bad, or average? Out of ~100 emails from this group li

Re: [ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using a nano kernel.

2013-01-15 Thread Edward T. Mischanko
"unruh" wrote in message news:kthJs.76256$tg.39...@newsfe15.iad... On 2013-01-15, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: "unruh" wrote in message news:0RgJs.101361$2v@newsfe05.iad... On 2013-01-15, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: associd=0 status=011d leap_none, sync_pps, 1 event, kern, version="

Re: [ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using a nano kernel.

2013-01-15 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: > I'm running a Soekris net4501. Some have published articles on the Internet > saying to the effect that it is one of the most accurate stratum 1 servers a > person can own without spending a fortune? I must have a configuration >

Re: [ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using anano kernel.

2013-01-15 Thread Edward T. Mischanko
"Chuck Swiger" wrote in message news:481ab2f6-39eb-48e4-8e6e-788f39c00...@mac.com... Hi-- On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:59 AM, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: I'm running a Soekris net4501. Some have published articles on the Internet saying to the effect that it is one of the most accurate stratum

Re: [ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using anano kernel.

2013-01-15 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Jan 15, 2013, at 12:08 PM, Edward T. Mischanko wrote: > I double checked the modified kernel that I made and it matched the changes > Poul-Henning Kamp recommended. Could you tutor me on the command to see what > kernel I am actually running? What does your dmesg say? The most relevan

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-15 Thread Brian Utterback
You can't. The PPS feature can only use offsets up to .5 seconds. If the offset is greater than .5 the PPS will synchronize your system to the wrong second. In essence the PPS just locks the clock to the nearest second. So NTP PPS is designed to require another source of time and then on let th

Re: [ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using a nano kernel.

2013-01-15 Thread David Taylor
On 15/01/2013 19:05, Chuck Swiger wrote: Hi-- [] Out of ~100 emails from this group listing precisions in the modern format (ie, NTP-4.2.x), a histogram [1] of results is: 46 precision=-19 16 precision=-20 12 precision=-14 8 precision=-18 4 precision=-8 3 precision=-15 3 precision=-10 2 p

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-15 Thread Mischanko, Edward T
I am using the nmea driver to determine the rough time (seconds). I want to only use the WAN servers incase the GPS/PPS sources fail. Having the WAN servers with high offsets in the mix is causing me problems with precision. Regards, Ed > -Original Message- > From: questions- > bounce

Re: [ntp:questions] Why is my precision=-15? I'm using a nano kernel.

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Edward T. Mischanko wrote: > "unruh" wrote: > Edward T. Mischanko wrote: >> associd=0 status=011d leap_none, sync_pps, 1 event, kern, >> ... >> precision=-15, rootdelay=0.000, rootdisp=1.105, refid=PPS, > It means that successive calls to the gettimeofday function > return with a difference that

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-15 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
Mischanko, Edward T wrote: > I am using the nmea driver to determine the rough time (seconds). > I want to only use the WAN servers in case the GPS/PPS sources fail. > Having the WAN servers with high offsets in the mix is causing > me problems with precision. They don't. Only your hardware /

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS only configuration

2013-01-15 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
Edward T. Mischanko wrote: > How do I configure NTPD so that only the PPS offset is > used to figure the clock offset, instead of factoring > in the surviving back-up servers that have bigger offsets? > I only want the back-up servers to come into play > when, or if, the PPS fails. > ... > serv