Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-14 Thread Martin Burnicki
David Woolley wrote: Heiko Gerstung wrote: In the NTPv4 draft you will find a (similar) definition: Root dispersion indicates the maximum error, that does not necessarily mean that this is the current error. And maximum error means theoretical worst case, not that this value has actually

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-13 Thread David Woolley
Heiko Gerstung wrote: In the NTPv4 draft you will find a (similar) definition: Root dispersion indicates the maximum error, that does not necessarily mean that this is the current error. And maximum error means theoretical worst case, not that this value has actually been reached at any

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-12 Thread Heiko Gerstung
Folkert van Heusden schrieb: It seems the Dutch NMi organisation (which is the time reference for the Netherlands) has an NTP-service as well. Now I tried retrieving the time with ntpdate (just to see if it was reachable) but ntpdate refuses it. Using the regular ntp daemon works fine. Could

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-12 Thread Nero Imhard
They must have changed something! Their refid now reads PPS and the offset is much more reasonable: remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter == -ntp2.inrim.it .UTCI.

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-12 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Yes: got a mail from the mail responsible for the system. He told me that he manually disconnected the IRIG-B connection to the NTP server hardware. Then after resetting the time the server told him that it is locked to PPS. - more or less translated what he told me. On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-10 Thread Terje Mathisen
Folkert van Heusden wrote: Does a valid NTP source need to set the reftime to something valid? Does the ntp spec say so? I can't tell you that, Folkert, but, in your particular environment, would /you/ trust a NTP source which was last synched 3 days ago? Well, they (NMi) are the Dutch

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-10 Thread David Woolley
Unruh wrote: No, it was last synchronized from IRIG then. Since then it is supposed to have been synchronized from the H masers they keep as a primary world time source for Neatherland's UTC time source. I assume this is being done by If they are only synchronising to IRIG every 3+ days,

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-10 Thread David Woolley
Terje Mathisen wrote: Assuming the clock itself is OK, then I believe the problem might be with their dispersion calculation, i.e. the dispersion value will be assumed to increase linearly from the time of the last sync to a better (lower stratum) reference clock. Root dispersion

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Folkert van Heusden
It seems the Dutch NMi organisation (which is the time reference for the Netherlands) has an NTP-service as well. Now I tried retrieving the time with ntpdate (just to see if it was reachable) but ntpdate refuses it. Using the regular ntp daemon works fine. Could someone enlighten me why

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Folkert van Heusden
transmitted 4, in filter 4 reference time:cd0c473b.73087696 Mon, Jan 5 2009 9:45:47.449 originate timestamp: cd0f5b7d.d6ff250b Wed, Jan 7 2009 17:49:01.839 transmit timestamp: cd0f5b7d.cf7e90ff Wed, Jan 7 2009 17:49:01.810 filter delay: 0.03938 0.03787 0.03879 0.03783

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread David J Taylor
Folkert van Heusden wrote: [] Does a valid NTP source need to set the reftime to something valid? Does the ntp spec say so? I can't tell you that, Folkert, but, in your particular environment, would /you/ trust a NTP source which was last synched 3 days ago? David

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Nero Imhard
David J Taylor schreef: I can't tell you that, Folkert, but, in your particular environment, would /you/ trust a NTP source which was last synched 3 days ago? It is quite unclear what the purpose of this server is. The only documented use case (through their web site) is syncing Windows XP

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Does a valid NTP source need to set the reftime to something valid? Does the ntp spec say so? I can't tell you that, Folkert, but, in your particular environment, would /you/ trust a NTP source which was last synched 3 days ago? Well, they (NMi) are the Dutch national organisation for

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Folkert van Heusden
I can't tell you that, Folkert, but, in your particular environment, would /you/ trust a NTP source which was last synched 3 days ago? It is quite unclear what the purpose of this server is. The only documented use case (through their web site) is syncing Windows XP workstations (...).

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Rob Neal
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Folkert van Heusden wrote: transmitted 4, in filter 4 reference time:cd0c473b.73087696 Mon, Jan 5 2009 9:45:47.449 originate timestamp: cd0f5b7d.d6ff250b Wed, Jan 7 2009 17:49:01.839 transmit timestamp: cd0f5b7d.cf7e90ff Wed, Jan 7 2009 17:49:01.810 filter

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Hi, Got one question: reference time:cd0c473b.73087696 Mon, Jan 5 2009 9:45:47.449 ( http://nmi.nl/index.php?pageId=1215lg=nl ) A wireshark capture shows that it sends a bogu reftime ... Reference Clock Update Time: Jan 5, 2009 08:45:47,4493 UTC Does a valid NTP source need to set

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Rob Neal
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Folkert van Heusden wrote: Hi, Got one question: reference time:cd0c473b.73087696 Mon, Jan 5 2009 9:45:47.449 ( http://nmi.nl/index.php?pageId=1215lg=nl ) A wireshark capture shows that it sends a bogu reftime ... Reference Clock Update Time: Jan 5, 2009

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread David Woolley
Folkert van Heusden wrote: The Root dispersion does not look too healthy, too... Root Dispersion:3,9689 sec The root dispersion, that is the amount of time this server is behind/faster than the stratum 0 device? So optimally that should be 0? No. It is 15 times the time since

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Folkert van Heusden
The Root dispersion does not look too healthy, too... Root Dispersion:3,9689 sec The root dispersion, that is the amount of time this server is behind/faster than the stratum 0 device? So optimally that should be 0? No. It is 15 times the time since there was last a valid

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Folkert van Heusden
The reason that I keep on going on this system is that I would like to have them get it to also work with ntpdate and such and not only the windows implementation. The reasons for them to fix it I come up with is now: - root dispersion too high - offset too high; 52ms (tried from ADSL,

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread David Woolley
Folkert van Heusden wrote: Ok so the root dispersion is not too high if I understand you correctly (well it would be better if it were lower) The root dispersion is consistent with having a very old reference time. The reference time is too old, which means the root dispersion is too

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Unruh
hun...@comcast.net (Rob Neal) writes: On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Folkert van Heusden wrote: Hi, Got one question: reference time:cd0c473b.73087696 Mon, Jan 5 2009 9:45:47.449 ( http://nmi.nl/index.php?pageId=1215lg=nl ) A wireshark capture shows that it sends a bogu reftime ... Reference

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-09 Thread Unruh
David Woolley da...@ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid writes: Folkert van Heusden wrote: Ok so the root dispersion is not too high if I understand you correctly (well it would be better if it were lower) The root dispersion is consistent with having a very old reference time. The reference

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-08 Thread Rob Neal
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Heiko Gerstung wrote: Folkert van Heusden schrieb: Hi, It seems the Dutch NMi organisation (which is the time reference for the Netherlands) has an NTP-service as well. Now I tried retrieving the time with ntpdate (just to see if it was reachable) but ntpdate refuses

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-08 Thread Danny Mayer
Heiko Gerstung wrote: Folkert van Heusden schrieb: Hi, It seems the Dutch NMi organisation (which is the time reference for the Netherlands) has an NTP-service as well. Now I tried retrieving the time with ntpdate (just to see if it was reachable) but ntpdate refuses it. Using the regular

[ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-07 Thread Folkert van Heusden
Hi, It seems the Dutch NMi organisation (which is the time reference for the Netherlands) has an NTP-service as well. Now I tried retrieving the time with ntpdate (just to see if it was reachable) but ntpdate refuses it. Using the regular ntp daemon works fine. Could someone enlighten me why it

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-07 Thread Harlan Stenn
In article 20090107165847.gm20...@vanheusden.com, folk...@vanheusden.com (Folkert van Heusden) writes: Folkert Hi, It seems the Dutch NMi organisation (which is the time Folkert reference for the Netherlands) has an NTP-service as well. Now I Folkert tried retrieving the time with ntpdate

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-07 Thread Unruh
Hm, does not respond to ntpq -p so hard to see what it is reporting. folk...@vanheusden.com (Folkert van Heusden) writes: Hi, It seems the Dutch NMi organisation (which is the time reference for the Netherlands) has an NTP-service as well. Now I tried retrieving the time with ntpdate (just to

Re: [ntp:questions] ntpdate refusing ntp.nmi.nl

2009-01-07 Thread Rob Neal
On Wed, 7 Jan 2009, Folkert van Heusden wrote: Hi, It seems the Dutch NMi organisation (which is the time reference for the Netherlands) has an NTP-service as well. Now I tried retrieving the time with ntpdate (just to see if it was reachable) but ntpdate refuses it. Using the regular ntp