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From: Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Latest unstable ntp not generating ntp.drift file.
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2011 06:11:43
Message-Id: 4D26A468.2060909@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Latest unstable ntp not generating ntp.drift file. by Paul Colquhoun
1 Paul Colquhoun wrote:
2 > On Fri, 7 Jan 2011 14:31:52 Dale wrote:
3 >
4 >>
5 >> This is ntp.conf but I omitted the parts that are commented out.
6 >>
7 >>
8 >> server 64.6.144.6
9 >> server 67.159.5.90
10 >> server 67.59.168.233
11 >> server 204.62.14.98
12 >>
13 >>
14 > Have you tried switching servers?
15 >
16 > I'm using
17 >
18 > server 0.au.pool.ntp.org
19 > server 1.au.pool.ntp.org
20 >
21 > Try the equivalent for your location, or there are 0.gentoo.pool.ntp.org and
22 > so on.
23 >
24 >
25
26 I have. I started out with the same servers on my old rig and changed
27 them to see if it would matter a week or so ago. I use this command to
28 get the best servers:
29
30 netselect -s 3 pool.ntp.org
31
32 That generally works pretty well. I try to update them every once in a
33 while. I'm thinking about removing the router and hooking directly to
34 my DSL modem. That's the only thing that has changed from the old rig
35 to the new rig. This is how close the old rig is and it is hooked to
36 the router too:
37
38 root@smoker / # ntpdate -b -u -q pool.ntp.org
39 server 72.26.125.125, stratum 2, offset -0.000087, delay 0.09828
40 server 64.34.218.21, stratum 2, offset -0.002207, delay 0.09799
41 server 149.20.68.17, stratum 2, offset 0.009124, delay 0.13466
42 6 Jan 23:23:31 ntpdate[15816]: step time server 64.34.218.21 offset
43 -0.002207 sec
44 root@smoker / #
45
46 According to the log, it synced a hour or so ago and the previous sync
47 was about 7 hours before that. Now why can't my new rig do that?
48
49 Dale
50
51 :-) :-)