[ntp:questions] May 2013 Windows Update causing rapid 'ntpd' drift

2013-05-18 Thread starlight . 2013q2
Hello, Just installed this month's Windows Update patches on an old/slow Windows XP laptop (1.5GHz Pentium-M) and it appears to have damaged Windows 'ntpd' time-keeping. Has anyone else observed this? Before the patch 'ntpd' frequency was -15.761 PPM. After the patches 'ntpd' frequency went to

Re: [ntp:questions] high precision tracking: trying to understand sudden jumps

2011-09-10 Thread Starlight Binnacle
patch that filters out the crazy response packets and this fixes the problem. Still running perfectly to this day. If anyone wants the patch just email me at < starlight at binnacle dot cx >.. ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http

Re: [ntp:questions] high precision tracking: trying to understand sudden jumps

2008-03-31 Thread starlight
Here are URLs for those two sample graphs: http://binnacle.cx/file/ntp_hickups_linux.gif http://binnacle.cx/file/ntp_hickups_win.gif David Woolley wrote: > >> The clients are a rag-tag assembly of diverse systems including >> a Centos 4.5 Linux i686, Linux x86_64, Sun Ultra 10, Sun Ultra 80, >>

Re: [ntp:questions] high precision tracking: trying to understand sudden jumps

2008-03-31 Thread starlight
At 04:51 PM 3/30/2008 -0700, Bill Unruh wrote: >Are those on the same day? Yes, same day. Uncorrelated to anything I can identify or each other. Same story on all the boxes. Running a hefty multi-system compile with heavy NFS and Samba traffic does not produce these events, though it disturbs t

Re: [ntp:questions] Windows Won't Syncronize to NTP

2008-03-31 Thread starlight
Perhaps authentication is causing some trouble. Try adding "disable auth" temporarily to help narrow it down. ___ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions

[ntp:questions] high precision tracking: trying to understand sudden jumps

2008-03-30 Thread starlight
Hello, I'm trying to configure a small network for high precision time. Recently acquired an Endrun CDMA time server that runs like a dream, tracking CDMA time to about +/- 5 microseconds. The clients are a rag-tag assembly of diverse systems including a Centos 4.5 Linux i686, Linux x86_64, Su