Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:55:38 -0800 (PST) From: Kris Anderson <ciscoaix@yahoo.com> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: NTPD not keeping time Message-ID: <20061130205538.18776.qmail@web90615.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <EBB7C21F-96B0-4EF8-AD85-9569B522E71F@mac.com>
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--- Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote: > 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. Off by an hour? Let's see the date is November 30th, and 12:41pm, that's what Windows says. Meanwhile freebsd says - Thu Nov 30 00:22:07 PST 2006. Wouldn't that be...nearly 12 hours? > 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. I'll give it a shot and see what happens, I did just that yesterday. Okay, changed my pool since it's to keep this computer's time correct. Thanks for your help. :) ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
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