Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-02-20 Thread Danny Mayer
On 1/3/2011 11:46 AM, Martin Burnicki wrote: >> >> It's not quite clear what Arul was trying to achieve, but it looks like >> he was trying to define a local refclock using both IPv4 and IPv6 >> terminology. It's easy to see how he may have come up with the ::1 >> address, since NTP is using what l

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-05 Thread Martin Burnicki
Steve Kostecke wrote: > On 2011-01-04, Martin Burnicki wrote: > >> I also appreciate Heiko's suggestion for a new syntax. Hm his posting via >> the questions list has not yet made it to my news server. I'm wondering >> whether it will still appear ... > > http://groups.google.com/group/comp.pro

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-04 Thread Steve Kostecke
On 2011-01-04, Martin Burnicki wrote: > I also appreciate Heiko's suggestion for a new syntax. Hm his posting via > the questions list has not yet made it to my news server. I'm wondering > whether it will still appear ... http://groups.google.com/group/comp.protocols.time.ntp/browse_thread/thre

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-04 Thread Martin Burnicki
Harlan Stenn wrote: > Martin wrote: >> Those "special" 127.127.x.y addresses are somewhat sorted out when >> parsing the configuration options and treated in a special way. I'm not >> sure it would work, and I'm not even sure if it would be expected to >> work. Dave Mills, Dave Hart, and Danny, wha

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-03 Thread Heiko Gerstung
Am 03.01.2011 23:24, schrieb Harlan Stenn: > Martin wrote: >> Those "special" 127.127.x.y addresses are somewhat sorted out when parsing >> the configuration options and treated in a special way. I'm not sure it >> would work, and I'm not even sure if it would be expected to work. Dave >> Mills, Da

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-03 Thread Harlan Stenn
Martin wrote: > Those "special" 127.127.x.y addresses are somewhat sorted out when parsing > the configuration options and treated in a special way. I'm not sure it > would work, and I'm not even sure if it would be expected to work. Dave > Mills, Dave Hart, and Danny, what's your opinion on using

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-03 Thread Martin Burnicki
Mike S wrote: > At 08:44 AM 1/3/2011, Martin Burnicki wrote... >>Mike S wrote: >> > At 02:21 PM 1/2/2011, David Woolley wrote... >> >>Arul Kumar Chellappan wrote: >> >>>server ::1 >> >>>fudge ::1 stratum 10 >> >>The line above tries to fudge the localhost IP address, i.e. the >>loopback >>interf

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-03 Thread Mike S
At 08:44 AM 1/3/2011, Martin Burnicki wrote... Mike S wrote: > At 02:21 PM 1/2/2011, David Woolley wrote... >>Arul Kumar Chellappan wrote: >>>server ::1 >>>fudge ::1 stratum 10 The line above tries to fudge the localhost IP address, i.e. the loopback interface, which indeed makes no sense.

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-03 Thread Martin Burnicki
Mike S wrote: > At 02:21 PM 1/2/2011, David Woolley wrote... >>Arul Kumar Chellappan wrote: >>>server ::1 >>>fudge ::1 stratum 10 The line above tries to fudge the localhost IP address, i.e. the loopback interface, which indeed makes no sense. >>These lines don't make sense, and not just becau

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-02 Thread Harlan Stenn
Mike wrote: > At 07:50 PM 1/2/2011, Harlan Stenn wrote... > > > > > > "server 127.127.1.1 # LCL, local clock > > > fudge 127.127.1.1 stratum 12 # increase stratum" > > > >The above is fudging the stratum on the *refclock*, not the server. > > Which is, apparently, why it's put under

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-02 Thread Mike S
At 07:50 PM 1/2/2011, Harlan Stenn wrote... > > "server 127.127.1.1 # LCL, local clock > fudge 127.127.1.1 stratum 12 # increase stratum" The above is fudging the stratum on the *refclock*, not the server. Which is, apparently, why it's put under a "server" section in the confi

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-02 Thread Harlan Stenn
Mike wrote: > At 02:21 PM 1/2/2011, David Woolley wrote... > >Arul Kumar Chellappan wrote: > >>server ::1 > >>fudge ::1 stratum 10 > > > >These lines don't make sense, and not just because you can't fudge > >stratum on a server. > > How odd, since the official docs say you can : > http://www.

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-02 Thread Mike S
At 02:21 PM 1/2/2011, David Woolley wrote... Arul Kumar Chellappan wrote: server ::1 fudge ::1 stratum 10 These lines don't make sense, and not just because you can't fudge stratum on a server. How odd, since the official docs say you can : http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/driv

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-02 Thread David Woolley
E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists wrote: tos cohort 1 orphan 11 Whilst I guess that this is a "time island" case, is orphan mode a good description of the other (and possibly original) use of the local clock

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-02 Thread E-Mail Sent to this address will be added to the BlackLists
Arul Kumar Chellappan wrote: > server 127.127.1.0 prefer minpoll 4 # local clock "This driver is not recommended for new installations. A much more flexible replacement is described on the Orphan Mode page."

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-02 Thread David Woolley
Arul Kumar Chellappan wrote: server ::1 fudge ::1 stratum 10 These lines don't make sense, and not just because you can't fudge stratum on a server. [r...@linux-2] ntpdc ntpdc> peers I think you will find that people are much more familiar with the status flags from the ntpq peers co

Re: [ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-02 Thread David Woolley
Arul Kumar Chellappan wrote: In Linux, with ntp-4.2.2p1, I could see that NTP synced to local clock fine ntpd can never sync to the local clock. When you select the local clock as source and there is no better source, ntpd makes no adjustments to the time, but reports the configured stratum

[ntp:questions] Linux : ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 : Local clock not getting synced.

2011-01-02 Thread Arul Kumar Chellappan
Hi All, In Linux, with ntp-4.2.2p1, I could see that NTP synced to local clock fine but it does not do multicast on all interfaces. I could see this issue got fixed in ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 as per http://lists.ntp.org/pipermail/questions/2010-November/028111.html I installed ntp-dev-4.2.7p84 from bel