On Thu, 20 Sep 2007, Todd wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm trying to reorganize the upstream servers I use since they seem to > fluctuate a lot recently. Usually this is a very tedius task of adding > a new st1 server, restarting ntpd (I can't get auth to work locally so I > can make runtime changes for some reason), letting it run for a day or > so, checking it, and then repeating. I can't try using ntpq on them > since they're tied to a real source it's always going to have an offset > of 0. Are there commands that can poll the time from an arbitrary > server and compare it to yours? Or is there any info on how to setup > localhost auth so I can at least add and remove peers from a running > server? I seem to recall finding a link at one point that went into > more details about choosing good upstream servers aside from the more > generalized information on www.pool.ntp.org pages.
I just wrote an article, it might give you ideas : "How to find the best stratum 1 NTP servers near you to query for time for your stratum 2 NTP server" You can view it here: http://blogtech.oc9.com/index.php?view=article&id=13%3Ahow-to-find-the-best-ntp-servers-near-you-to-query-for-time-for-ntpd-server&Itemid=1&option=com_content Comments are welcome ! > > - -- > Todd Louis http://blogtech.oc9.com _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
