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Date:      Tue,  6 Nov 2001 06:30:48 -0800 (PST)
From:      Mike Harding <mvh@ix.netcom.com>
To:        mikea@mikea.ath.cx
Cc:        stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ntpd problems?
Message-ID:  <20011106143048.03BBD13573@netcom1.netcom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20011106082257.A26785@mikea.ath.cx> (message from mikea on Tue, 6 Nov 2001 08:22:57 -0600)
References:  <20011106141816.9F53A13573@netcom1.netcom.com> <20011106082257.A26785@mikea.ath.cx>

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I am using a dial-up line, so it is possible that the apparent delays
can be going all over the place, but I did not see this until
recently.  I notice that 'ntpd' now seems to be reporting jitter after
1 sample - this must be an error which was introduced recently...

ntpq> peers
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
 usno.pa-x.dec.c .USNO.           1 u   21   64    1  1549.64  691.615 646.947
 tick.ucla.edu   .USNO.           1 u   20   64    1  1167.35  507.150 474.396

as how can the jitter be measured with 1 sample?  This is after I
restarted ntpd...

here's another sample, after another ntpd restart...

ntpq> peers
     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
==============================================================================
 usno.pa-x.dec.c .USNO.           1 u   10   64    1  129.614  -65.532  61.300
 tick.ucla.edu   .USNO.           1 u    9   64    1  129.504  -66.510  62.215

- Mike H.

   Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 08:22:57 -0600
   From: mikea <mikea@mikea.ath.cx>
   Cc: stable@FreeBSD.ORG
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   On Tue, Nov 06, 2001 at 06:18:16AM -0800, Mike Harding wrote:
   > 
   > it might be my clock, but I am suddenly seeing lots of...
   > 
   > bash-2.05$ grep reset /var/log/messages
   > Nov  3 07:35:57 netcom1 ntpd[189]: time reset 0.627666 s
   > Nov  3 16:03:29 netcom1 ntpd[188]: time reset 0.370751 s
   > Nov  4 05:06:01 netcom1 ntpd[185]: time reset 0.478860 s
   > Nov  4 14:31:09 netcom1 ntpd[187]: time reset 0.137700 s
   > Nov  4 17:37:54 netcom1 ntpd[188]: time reset 1.071828 s
   > Nov  4 19:26:03 netcom1 ntpd[188]: time reset -0.318037 s
   > Nov  4 19:47:37 netcom1 ntpd[188]: time reset 0.558822 s
   > Nov  4 20:27:27 netcom1 ntpd[188]: time reset 1.050031 s
   > Nov  5 05:05:55 netcom1 ntpd[185]: time reset 0.421592 s
   > Nov  5 05:37:59 netcom1 ntpd[185]: time reset 0.257157 s
   > Nov  5 12:09:58 netcom1 ntpd[185]: time reset 1.985702 s
   > Nov  5 19:09:44 netcom1 ntpd[185]: time reset 0.159401 s
   > Nov  5 21:02:37 netcom1 ntpd[223]: time reset 0.787817 s
   > Nov  6 03:10:38 netcom1 ntpd[223]: time reset 0.201159 s
   > bash-2.05$ 
   > 
   > in /var/log/messages.  Any ideas?

   What timeservers are you using? Is the path to one or more of
   them flaky and changing length or topology? 

   -- 
   Mike Andrews
   mikea@mikea.ath.cx
   Tired old sysadmin since 1964


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