Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:16:10 -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: <1721.7986.qm@web90610.mail.mud.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <6A9D9325-7320-4A39-A860-51C3068ED594@mac.com>
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--- Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> wrote:
> On Nov 30, 2006, at 11:16 AM, Kris Anderson wrote:
> > I first ran ntpdate from /etc/rc.d/ntpdate and
> that
> > set the date and time.
>
> Good. That should have gotten your clock reasonably
> sync'ed.
>
> > Then I ran /etc/rc.d/ntpd and that started up
> fine.
> >
> > The followind day I find that the system still
> thinks
> > it is the previous day and such.
> >
> > I thought the purpose of ntp was to keep the time
> > correct, why would it be off?
>
> NTPd does a good job of keeping the clock synced if
> properly
> configured, so there is likely to be something wrong
> with your
> specific circumstances. What does "ntpq -p" show?
>
> --
> -Chuck
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
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