Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-14 Thread Tortise
- From: "Vivek Khera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 2:47 AM Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time You likely have faulty hardware. - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-12 Thread Vivek Khera
On May 10, 2008, at 4:13 PM, Chris Buechler wrote: 3) ACPI issues - try disabling ACPI, sometimes it causes time keeping issues. You can also selectively disable the ACPI timer device without turning ACPI off entirely. Add the following to your /boot/loader.conf file: debug.acpi.disabl

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-12 Thread Vivek Khera
On May 10, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Dean Larson wrote: computer kept near perfect time before under different o/s. this seems real strange. A long long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, I had a box that ran 100% fine with linux under load. under FreeBSD and BSD/OS it would lock up randomly

RE: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-11 Thread Dean Larson
29:39 +1200 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time > > Dean, have you checked the motherboard battery? (I think in theory this > should only be relevant on powering off, but I wouldn't be > sure

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Chris Buechler
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 12:19 AM, Dean Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i did ysctl -w kern.timecounter.hardware=i8254 and after 33 minutes i was off > .04 seconds. better than 250 seconds.:) > Good to know! Thanks for reporting back. --

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Tortise
Dean, have you checked the motherboard battery? (I think in theory this should only be relevant on powering off, but I wouldn't be sure in practice) Kind regards David Hingston - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fo

RE: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Dean Larson
upport@pfsense.com > Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 19:55:03 -0700 > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time > > Hi Dean, > > You can see what FreeBSD (pfSense) is using to keep time with the > following command: > > firewall:~# sysctl kern.timecounter.hardware > kern.ti

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread John Kline
a msi computer with 350 processor. thank you for all your help. dean Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 16:13:11 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Dean Larson wrote: i have a cron job of 15 * * *

RE: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Dean Larson
t; To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Dean Larson wrote: >> >> i have a cron job of 15 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u -s tick.usno.navy.mil >> >> i did the command you said ntpdate pool.ntp.org. and yes

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Chris Buechler
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 11:16 AM, Dean Larson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > i have a cron job of 15 * * * * /usr/sbin/ntpdate -u -s tick.usno.navy.mil > > i did the command you said ntpdate pool.ntp.org. and yes it sets the time, > but it doesn't stay. for long. > > computer kept near perfect t

RE: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Dean Larson
> Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 11:53:10 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time > > I have seen some older systems have an issue between the hardware clock being > set to UTC or Localtime

RE: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Dean Larson
thank you. i did that, and removed the cron job. i forgot about that being in the gui. :) > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: support@pfsense.com > Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 09:28:04 -0700 > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time > >

RE: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Dean Larson
i'll verify the clock on the hardware to verify they are both on the same page. :) > Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 11:53:10 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time > > I have

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Curtis LaMasters
I have seen some older systems have an issue between the hardware clock being set to UTC or Localtime and the OS showing a completely different time. May want to recheck your BIOS Date/Time. -- Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetworks.com

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread John Kline
2008 10:12:32 -0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time Have you run: ntpdate pool.ntp.org from the command line? Dean Larson wrote: right now it is running about 10 minutes fast. i set it to chicago about 30 minutes ago... and time still

RE: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Dean Larson
range. > Date: Sat, 10 May 2008 10:12:32 -0500 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: support@pfsense.com > Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time > > Have you run: > > ntpdate pool.ntp.org > > from the command line? > > Dean Larson wrote: &g

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Gary Buckmaster
-0500 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: support@pfsense.com Subject: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time What timezone are you in? If CST try Chicago instead of GMT -6. -- Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetwork

RE: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Dean Larson
ect: Re: [pfSense Support] setting time > > What timezone are you in? If CST try Chicago instead of GMT -6. > > -- > Curtis LaMasters > http://www.curtis-lamasters.com > http://www.builtnetworks.com _ With Windows Live

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-10 Thread Gary Buckmaster
Curtis LaMasters wrote: What timezone are you in? If CST try Chicago instead of GMT -6. -- Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetworks.com Yeah, for those of you who don't know. The GMT settings for FreeBSD and other OSsen are completely wrong. If you're trying

Re: [pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-09 Thread Curtis LaMasters
What timezone are you in? If CST try Chicago instead of GMT -6. -- Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetworks.com

[pfSense Support] setting time

2008-05-09 Thread Dean Larson
how do you set the time on pfsense? i have checked the openntpd and still the time is wrong. i have written a cron job to set the clock and it doesn't appear to change the clock. it seems to gain time about 15 minutes in 12 hours. what am i doing wrong? how can i fix this? thank you dean