From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Nov 30 20:33:06 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82A1716A561 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:33:06 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from smtpout.mac.com (smtpout.mac.com [17.250.248.183]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5CE1243CA2 for ; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:32:42 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from mac.com (smtpin05-en2 [10.13.10.150]) by smtpout.mac.com (Xserve/8.12.11/smtpout13/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id kAUKP6WN003407; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:25:06 -0800 (PST) Received: from [17.214.13.96] (a17-214-13-96.apple.com [17.214.13.96]) (authenticated bits=0) by mac.com (Xserve/smtpin05/MantshX 4.0) with ESMTP id kAUKP4fg003705; Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:25:05 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <1721.7986.qm@web90610.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <1721.7986.qm@web90610.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Chuck Swiger Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:25:03 -0800 To: Kris Anderson X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-Brightmail-scanned: yes Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTPD not keeping time X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 20:33:06 -0000 On Nov 30, 2006, at 12:16 PM, Kris Anderson wrote: > Here's the output from ntpq. > > webdev# ntpq -p > remote refid st t when poll reach > delay offset jitter > ====================================================================== > ======== > time-a.nist.gov .ACTS. 1 u 485 1024 377 > 78.454 4307608 923174. > india.colorado. .ACTS. 1 u 491 1024 377 > 22.918 4307064 922326. > lerc-dns.grc.na .INIT. 16 u - 1024 0 > 0.000 0.000 4000.00 Your clock is off by a little over an hour; while ntpd can correct very large offsets, doing so takes a long time. Kill ntpd, re-run "ntpdate -b", double-check that your clock is sane, and then re-start ntpd. You should also note that your third ntp server is not answering queries, so you should try finding some other ntp server to use. Are you providing time syncronization from this machine to other hosts, or are you only running as a standalone client? If you are not providing time sync to a large subnet, please consider using stratum-2 servers or the NTP pool, ie, pool.ntp.org, or more specific regional parts, such as 0.us.pool.ntp.org, 1.us.pool.ntp.org-- this is assuming from your IP that you are located in the US, otherwise choose the appropriate country code for where-ever you are. -- -Chuck