On Tue, 6 Apr 2004, jludwig wrote: > On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 18:56, Brian Bober wrote: > > Janthao wrote: > > > I'm not sure if this is a problem with my machine or with the > > > timeserver. Does anybody else have problems with clock.redhat.com? > > > > > Yes, I have that problem too, but only last couple days. > > If I remember, the ntp README, ntp protocol allows for the server to > ignore requests when heavily loaded (drop packets, sound familiar?). In > which event your machine ntpd will time out and try later at random > intervals. > Also in heavy traffic, if the sample jitter your machine receives is > more than 128mS over three seconds, the samples are discarded. > See the ntp README also man 1 ntpd One thing I have in my ntp.conf file are multiple servers, and I avoid *.redhat.com because it, too, would timeme out. It is *always* a great idea to contact the person running the server before you connect, though. Do a "google" search on "Public NTP servers" and you'll find a list of them, and who to contact. Gilbert ******************************************************************************* Gilbert Sebenste ******** (My opinions only!) ****** Staff Meteorologist, Northern Illinois University **** E-mail: gilbert@xxxxxxx *** web: http://weather.admin.niu.edu ** Work phone: 815-753-5492 * *******************************************************************************
