Re: [ntp:questions] NTP time synchronization issue in linux embedded target

2014-09-02 Thread Jan Ceuleers
On 09/02/2014 08:43 PM, Murugesh S wrote: > It would be of great help, If NTP experts can help understand the root cause > of this issue: > 1. Why and what causes the drift to reach 500.00 on certain systems. The problem is that the frequency of the system clock deviates too much from the "real"

Re: [ntp:questions] About use of PPS in NTP sync

2014-09-02 Thread Harlan Stenn
"Charles Elliott" writes: > It is possible to distribute more accurate and stable time using a local GPS > device, either home built (e.g., > http://www.satsignal.eu/raspberry-pi/index.html) or purchased (e.g., > http://www.meinberg-usa.com/products/network-time-server.htm), but the > original cost

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS as a falseticker!!!

2014-09-02 Thread Paul
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:44 PM, juergen perlinger wrote: > The basic problem is that using a PPS clock and a GPS(NMEA) clock > separates what belongs together This is not true. Normally I wouldn't fall prey to "there's something wrong on the Internet" but this assertion doesn't help solve any

[ntp:questions] NTP time synchronization issue in linux embedded target

2014-09-02 Thread Murugesh S
Hello, This email is regarding NTP time synchronization issue that we see in our linux embedded systems. NTP version that is being used: 4.2.6p4. Brief description about issue: Our linux system is configured with NTP running 4.2.6.p4. After couple of weeks the system clock has local time ahead

Re: [ntp:questions] PPS as a falseticker!!!

2014-09-02 Thread juergen perlinger
On 08/27/2014 08:46 PM, David Lord wrote: > Mike S wrote: >> On 8/27/2014 5:48 AM, valizade...@gmail.com wrote: >>> I not sure, how should I write the ntp.conf file to achieve the >>> maximum accuracy using pps. >>> i don't know if the ntpd use the pps or not in my case! >>> Sometimes it is recogn

[ntp:questions] ntp-4.2.6p5

2014-09-02 Thread Steve Clark
Hello, We are running the above release. It works great until the interface for the default route is brought down and then back up. Then after a half hour or so it ntpstat starts returning synchronised to unspecified at stratum 4 time correct to within 1149 ms polling server every 64 s

[ntp:questions] ntpq displays faulty offset

2014-09-02 Thread Lena Kleyner
Hi, Our system uses NTP package version 4.2.6 (Linux CentOS 6.5). Due to system constraints, we have configured the ntpd to update the clock only using slewing. At some point, one of our system's clock's was ahead by 20 minutes, and we noticed what appears to be a faulty output from the ntpq

[ntp:questions] Updating peers

2014-09-02 Thread Weedy
Jun 15 07:04:53 haf ntpd[31117]: ntpd 4.2.6p5@1.2349-o Tue Apr 8 06:58:12 UTC 2014 (1) Jun 15 07:04:53 haf ntpd[31118]: proto: precision = 1.118 usec Jun 15 07:04:53 haf ntpd[31118]: Listen and drop on 0 v4wildcard 0.0.0.0 UDP 123 Jun 15 07:04:53 haf ntpd[31118]: Listen normally on 1 lo 127.0.0.1

[ntp:questions] How to measure computer clock error using PPS?

2014-09-02 Thread Vladislav Ross
Hello I have NTP server with Ublox LEA-6T GPS receiver. I want to determine my server's oscillator accuracy and stability. I've read about Allan deviation and learnt how to make ADEV plot, but I don't fully understand how to use this method. My question is: what method should I use to determine

[ntp:questions] Best practices

2014-09-02 Thread Mike Edwards
I'm looking for information on best practices to configure ntp for a medium sized network. I'm looking for something similar to the whitepapers published by Cisco. Cisco outlines several configurations with a mixture of peer and server definitions for a set of internal ntp servers. Equally usefu

[ntp:questions] Windows-ntp on a vps creates a bigger and bigger delay?

2014-09-02 Thread gooly
Hi, I just installed ntp on my Win 7 pc where it runs perfectly the difference is around 0,5 sec. Then I installed ntp on my 2008 R 2vps where the delay gets bigger and bigger, around 12 sec per 30 min ?? For both installations I used more or less the default suggestion of ntp. Is anybody

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp-4.2.6p5 on Win 7 x64

2014-09-02 Thread Charles Elliott
If the reach is not 377, have you used WireShark or another TCP/IP monitoring program to find out what is happening to the NTP packets? It is not all hard to use. > -Original Message- > From: questions-bounces+elliott.ch=comcast@lists.ntp.org > [mailto:questions-bounces+elliott.ch=com

[ntp:questions] Having trouble with an NTP server configuration

2014-09-02 Thread Francisco Martín
Hello, I'm trying to set up an NTP server on an RHEL 6.1. Synchronization via *ntpdate *seems to work fine and apparently everything works OK seing it as a *client*, however, the server itself its not working, it shows a *stratum* of 16 and never decreases. My */etc/ntp.conf *is as follows: restr

Re: [ntp:questions] ntp-4.2.6p5 on Win 7 x64

2014-09-02 Thread Charles Elliott
> This performance is marginal for WSJTX. I need 10ms offset or less after > 15 minutes. One more time, this is what I have done to achieve sub-millisecond accuracy (currently 0.092 offset and 0.033 jitter): Make sure you are using a recent version of NTPD; I am using ntpd 4.27p4

Re: [ntp:questions] About use of PPS in NTP sync

2014-09-02 Thread Charles Elliott
Hello: I built a NAS out of an older model, but new, Super Micro mobo ($140), an older model Intel CPU ($15), good ECC memory ($100), and FreeNAS built on FreeBSD. The NAS only uses about 40 Watts, so it is not expensive to run. As luck would have it, FreeNAS came with NTPD built in