Rob Brown-Bayliss:
>> [root@localhost ~]# ntpq -p
>> remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
>> ==============================================================================
>> mu-relay1.masse 192.5.41.40 2 u 16 64 177 170.570 -798.72 12760.3
>> ns1.compass.net 128.250.36.3 2 u 14 64 177 112.739 -13008. 7668.06
>> cobol.appello.n 128.250.37.2 2 u 14 64 177 162.234 -897.55 11922.0
>> ntp.thistledown .GPS. 1 u 19 64 177 203.800 -3927.4 9253.24
>> gen2.ihug.co.nz 130.217.76.49 2 u 14 64 177 140.795 -7057.9 7349.37
Wolfgang S. Rupprecht:
> Actually that looks good as far as ntpd synch-ing to outside servers
> goes. The servers it is syncing to, or the network connection it is
> syncing over, on the other hand suck big-time. Notice the "offset"
> fields all differ from one another by a very large number of
> milliseconds. I see an offset of 0.7 0.8 3.9 7 13 seconds! No 3
> servers seem to agree as to what time it really is. Thats not good at
> all. If your network connection is really overloaded (with up to a 13
> second delay in a packet), then ntp is going to have a very hard time
> setting the time on your system.
I notice that it seems to be the usual case that server's don't agree
with each other (see below). There's some that are close, but no two
are the same.
When NTPD had been left running for weeks:
# ntpq -pn
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
*211.29.132.139 128.250.36.3 2 u 20 1024 377 47.222 2.593 3.019
+192.36.143.153 193.10.7.250 2 u 978 1024 377 352.492 18.964 3.206
203.86.196.7 .STEP. 16 u 41d 1024 0 0.000 0.000 4000.00
-193.224.70.7 195.111.96.158 2 u 990 1024 377 442.890 41.293 39.813
+202.49.59.6 203.109.252.7 3 u 1014 1024 377 101.923 20.470 192.509
127.127.1.0 LOCAL(0) 9 l 50 64 377 0.000 0.000 0.002
After restarting NTPD, while writing this email:
# ntpq -pn
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
==============================================================================
-202.125.40.143 128.250.36.2 2 u 59 64 3 61.756 3.541 0.648
+211.29.132.139 128.250.36.3 2 u 59 64 3 45.508 1.467 0.375
-194.146.145.193 192.53.103.108 2 u 57 64 3 356.367 3.220 6.608
*192.245.169.15 .PPS. 1 u 56 64 3 374.875 0.402 7.593
+194.100.206.70 192.36.134.17 2 u 54 64 3 420.466 0.377 7.462
-202.49.59.6 203.109.252.7 3 u 52 64 3 72.288 3.462 4.945
127.127.1.0 LOCAL(0) 9 l 53 64 3 0.000 0.000 0.004
# grep server /etc/ntp.conf
server au.pool.ntp.org iburst
server time.optusnet.com.au iburst
#server pool.ntp.org iburst
server 0.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 1.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 2.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 1.nz.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 127.127.1.0
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