Re: [ntp:questions] Optimal config

2008-05-07 Thread Peter Laws
OK, so aside from not worrying about iburst ? Peter Laws wrote: Hello, time nerds. :-) Here's what I want: accurate time to at least a few ms of UTC. Don't think I have users that need better than that. I'd like the time to be continuous and not jump around, of course. Here's what

Re: [ntp:questions] Optimal config

2008-05-05 Thread David L. Mills
Richard, It's a little more complicated than that. If the server is unreachable when a poll is scheduled, a single poll is sent. If no reply is heard, the cleint tries again in 64 s and repeats for a total of three times and returns to the original poll interval. If not heard after that, it ba

Re: [ntp:questions] Optimal config

2008-05-05 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
Dennis Hilberg, Jr. wrote: > Richard B. Gilbert wrote: >> Iburst simply causes ntpd to send eight requests to a server at >> intervals of two seconds when it initializes. The eight replies that >> will normally result allow ntpd to fill its filter pipeline and make a >> pretty good guess at wha

Re: [ntp:questions] Optimal config

2008-05-05 Thread Dennis Hilberg, Jr.
Richard B. Gilbert wrote: > Iburst simply causes ntpd to send eight requests to a server at > intervals of two seconds when it initializes. The eight replies that > will normally result allow ntpd to fill its filter pipeline and make a > pretty good guess at what time it is. Subsequent request

Re: [ntp:questions] Optimal config

2008-05-05 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
Peter Laws wrote: > Hello, time nerds. :-) > > Here's what I want: accurate time to at least a few ms of UTC. Don't > think I have users that need better than that. I'd like the time to be > continuous and not jump around, of course. > > > Here's what I have: 3 GPS clocks (two old Datum T

[ntp:questions] Optimal config

2008-05-05 Thread Peter Laws
Hello, time nerds. :-) Here's what I want: accurate time to at least a few ms of UTC. Don't think I have users that need better than that. I'd like the time to be continuous and not jump around, of course. Here's what I have: 3 GPS clocks (two old Datum TymServe 2100s and one unknown).