mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us (Nick Sayer) (05/28/91)
I have a single Sun 3/160, and a CHU clock with a lousy antenna (unfortuately it can't be helped). When propogation is good, I can get once-a-minute-reachability for all but 8 hours in the morning. When propogation is bad, that OAMR can be had for 12 hours. Here's my conf file: # # xntp config file # # First, set up the security # keys /etc/ntp.keys requestkey 1 controlkey 1 # # Locate the drift file # driftfile /etc/ntp.drift # # We get disconnected every once in a while. If that happens, and we cannot # talk to ANYONE, then our stratum ceiling is 11. # server 127.127.1.10 # # We have a CHU modem # server 127.127.7.0 # # We're pretty far from CHU, and we have a lousy (sun) system clock. # fudge 127.127.7.0 time1 0.013434 flag1 1 Is the stratum-ceiling driver (127.127.1.10) a good idea in this configuration? What happens to xntpd when it has nobody to talk to? At night, when news is being expired, I get quite a few 'previous time adjustment didn't complete'. Would increasing tickadj help things, or is that a bad idea? Does anyone have any novel ideas on statistical analysis of some of the data provided by xntpdc or ntpq? I have the sinking feeling my setup isn't doing as well as I think it is... -- Nick Sayer | Think of me as a recombinant | RIP: Mel Blanc mrapple@quack.sac.ca.us | Simpson: Homer's looks, Lisa's | 1908-1989 N6QQQ | brains, Bart's manners, and | May he never 209-952-5347 (Telebit) | Maggie's appetite for TV. --Me | be silenced.