Re: configuring NTP
Done -- Check it out:
http://dast.nlanr.net/projects/beacon/beaconfaq.html#ntp
Mitch
At 04:01 PM 7/15/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>
> A suggestion for http://dast.nlanr.net/projects/beacon/beaconfaq.html#ntp :
>
> Install the NTP package (e.g. RedHat RPM "ntp")
>
> Find one or more NTP servers. Consult your network guru for local
> information (multicast stream, local GPS receiver or stratum 2 server), or
> pick some from the lists at http://www.ntp.org/
>
> Add server declarations to /etc/ntp.conf, e.g.
> server north-america.pool.ntp.org
> server us.pool.ntp.org
> server pool.ntp.org
>
> Add server declarations to /etc/ntp/step-tickers (used at startup)
> us.pool.ntp.org north-america.pool.ntp.org pool.ntp.org
>
> Start the daemon:
> # service ntpd start
>
> After a few minutes, check the NTP status:
> $ ntptrace
> localhost: stratum 3, offset 0.000082, synch distance 0.03922
> ntp.your.org: stratum 2, offset 0.000186, synch distance 0.01041
> gps.some.org: stratum 1, offset 0.000780, synch distance 0.00002, refid
'GPS'
>
> Offsets should all be small fractions of a second. You can check each
> server individually, e.g.
> $ ntptrace ca.pool.ntp.org
> 66.11.161.129: stratum 3, offset 0.033872, synch distance 0.14676
> wxo-svr1.cmc.ec.gc.ca: stratum 2, offset 0.000158, synch distance 0.03322
> bonehed.lcs.mit.edu: stratum 1, offset 0.000256, synch distance 0.00092,
refid 'CDMA'
>
> (firewalls may block NTP offsite, but you should see a connect to the
> immediate time server, and that should connect back to a stratum 1 source)
>
>
> --
> Andrew Daviel, TRIUMF, Canada
> Tel. +1 (604) 222-7376
> security@triumf.ca
>
>
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