Re: [suse-sparc] ntp

From: Nick Thompson (nthompso@cae.wisc.edu)
Date: Tue Apr 02 2002 - 18:34:17 PST

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From: "Nick Thompson" <nthompso@cae.wisc.edu>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 21:34:17 -0500
Subject: Re: [suse-sparc] ntp

    ntpAs a point of reference, start out with some known good, public time servers:

    server clock.psu.edu
    #server nist1.aol-va.truetime.com DNS fails on this one so IP is below
    server 205.188.185.33
    server tick.uh.edu

    These work for me.

    Next, restart the ntp daemon and give it an hour to work. It queries the servers rapidly during the first hour and then less often once the drift is better calculated.

    [root@firewall n820131]# ntpq
    ntpq> peers
         remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
    ==============================================================================
    *nist1-aol-va.tr .ACTS. 1 u 755 1024 377 278.192 23.846 32.999
    +otc2.psu.edu otc1.psu.edu 2 u 688 1024 377 240.356 -47.237 24.591
    +Tick.UH.EDU .USNO. 1 u 796 1024 177 259.760 -20.105 31.740

    Your clock will not be corrected / updated until the first hour passes (at least mine wasn't). And if the clock is WAY off, you should see an error reported in your /var/log/messages and the ntp daemon may quit.

    Once you get it working, you can select some new time servers closer to your home location.

      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Ng, Yatsen
      To: SuSE Linux Sparc (E-mail)
      Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 5:50 AM
      Subject: [suse-sparc] ntp

      Hello there,

      I've edited ntp.conf and I'm able to reach the timeserver fine:

      ##
      ## Outside source of synchronized time
      ##
      server xx.xx.xx.xx # IP address of server
        
      ##
      ## Miscellaneous stuff
      ##
        
      driftfile /etc/ntp.drift # path for drift file

      The daemon is running:

      [spawn:~]# ps -ef | egrep ntp
      root 1523 1 0 10:57 ? 00:00:00 /usr/sbin/ntpd

      However, I think I'm definitely missing something, since the time isn't in sync.

      Extra info:

      [spawn:~]# ntpq
      ntpq> peers
           remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
      ==============================================================================
       bogus-131313-TS. 0.0.0.0 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00

      Can anyone offer some insight?

      Thanks,

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