Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 11:53:09 -0800 From: Kent Stewart <kstewart@owt.com> To: Drew Tomlinson <drew@mykitchentable.net> Cc: Joe & Fhe Barbish <barbish@a1poweruser.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ntpd as time server? Message-ID: <3C41E5A5.3000201@owt.com> References: <LPBBIGIAAKKEOEJOLEGOIEGFCMAA.barbish@a1poweruser.com> <002801c19c66$b25e0d30$0301a8c0@bigdaddy>
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Drew Tomlinson wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Joe & Fhe Barbish > To: Drew Tomlinson > Cc: FBSD Questions > Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 10:12 AM > Subject: RE: ntpd as time server? > > > Joe wrote > >>The final option is ntpd. This function does get the time from a >>internet ntp server to update the requesting FBSD box, and keeps >>the clock accurate by making very small adjustment over long periods >>of time. It can be configurated to broadcast time packets to all >>machines on the private net it is connected to. >>It is not a ntp time server with a unique IP address. >> > > > Drew wrote > I don't think this is correct. ntpd *IS* a time server and the IP > address is the address of the machine you run it on. On my private > network, I have a FBSD box on 192.168.20.4. I have a Win2K machine on > 192.168.20.3. I have a ntp client program called "Automochron" that > runs on the Win2K machine. In the client, I have the time server > listed as 192.168.20.4 (the FBSD machine). The Win2K client gets time > updates. I do it this way also. I have several W2K/XP/ME/FreeBSD multiboot combinations and I also use automochron to sycronize the time on the Windows machines. The ntpd is on my gateway/firewall system, which is a FreeBSD machine since W2K beta2. Kent > > > Joe writes back. > When you say "I have a FBSD box on 192.168.20.4." Is this the IP > address of the Nic card on the FBSD box that's talking to the machines > down line, or is it the public IP address your private network is > known > by? 127.0.0.0 is the only IP address that I know of that is this FBSD > box. > I have 3 Nics, How would I get all the Winboxs on all the Nics to > point > to one single IP address for the ntp time server? > > Drew answers: > It's my internal interface (downline). If all your Winboxes can > connect to your FBSD box then just use whatever address that is that > your Winboxes use to connect. For example, let's say NIC1 serves Win > subnet A and NIC2 serves Win subnet B. Then you would set Winboxes on > subnet A to get ntp updates from the ip address of NIC1 and Winboxes > on subnet B to get ntp updates from the ip address of NIC2. Or if you > have the appropriate routers (this may be your FBSD box alone or other > routers) such that all 3 of your subnets can communicate with the > others (i.e. Winbox on NIC2 can talk to Winbox on NIC1) then it > shouldn't matter which IP address you tell the Winboxes to use as all > NICs are reachable. > > HTH, > > Drew > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > . > > -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kbstew99@hotmail.com http://users.owt.com/kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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