From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 4 08:16:20 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DA5216A4CE for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:16:20 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cgpf2.cgp.netins.net (f2phy.netins.net [167.142.229.65]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA6C543D2F for ; Mon, 4 Oct 2004 08:16:19 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from NewsGroups@US-Webmasters.com) Received: from [216.248.109.17] (HELO xyz) by cgpf2.cgp.netins.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with SMTP id 648160452; Mon, 04 Oct 2004 03:16:18 -0500 Message-ID: <416106CE.6E4E@US-Webmasters.com> Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 03:16:14 -0500 From: "W. D." Organization: Start Here to Find It Fast!(TM) -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (Win95; U) MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp To: FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: NTP Time Server for LAN: Broadcasting or Not? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: NewsGroups@US-Webmasters.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 08:16:20 -0000 Hi Folks, I've got a FreeBSD - NTP time server configured on my small LAN. Here's some output: ntpq> pe remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter =============================================================================== +navobs1.wustl.e .USNO. 1 u 41 64 333 178.181 -51.694 131.381 +india.colorado. .ACTS. 1 u 37 64 377 192.120 84.779 45.140 *navobs1.oar.net .USNO. 1 u 106 64 376 191.750 114.124 110.657 +now.cis.okstate .PSC. 1 u 40 64 377 192.337 118.809 53.212 192.168.2.255 .BCST. 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00 ntpq> rv status=06e4 leap_none, sync_ntp, 14 events, event_peer/strat_chg, version="ntpd 4.2.0@1.1161-r Sat Oct 2 18:23:29 CDT 2004 (1)", processor="i386", system="FreeBSD/4.9-RELEASE", leap=00, stratum=2, precision=-17, rootdelay=190.042, rootdispersion=208.241, peer=46454, refid=navobs1.oar.net, reftime=c50b792b.ab128f86 Mon, Oct 4 2004 2:24:27.668, poll=6, clock=c50b7a1e.c01e94b3 Mon, Oct 4 2004 2:28:30.750, state=4, offset=-23.313, frequency=-432.127, jitter=165.282, stability=110.396 How does one tell if this server is broadcasting properly? How often does it broadcast? Is there a way to control how often it broadcasts? Also, the '*' and '+' tend to disappear and reappear. Is this possibly due to network congestion? Thanks for your assistance! -- Start Here to Find It Fast!™ -> http://www.US-Webmasters.com/best-start-page/ $8.77 Domain Names -> http://domains.us-webmasters.com/