From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 30 20:50:39 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A3CEE858 for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:50:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fly.hiwaay.net (fly.hiwaay.net [216.180.54.1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 69DEF1B0B for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:50:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: from kabini1.local (rbn1-216-180-76-245.adsl.hiwaay.net [216.180.76.245]) (authenticated bits=0) by fly.hiwaay.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/fly) with ESMTP id t3UKobGA020640 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:50:38 -0500 Message-ID: <5542959D.6090200@hiwaay.net> Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 15:56:52 -0453 From: "William A. Mahaffey III" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD amd64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.6.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: minor syslog issue References: <55422366.8060000@hiwaay.net> <554229CE.30009@infracaninophile.co.uk> <55422E43.8090206@hiwaay.net> <5542348D.8000109@infracaninophile.co.uk> <5542398B.4000405@hiwaay.net>, <55424715.3080607@infracaninophile.co.uk> , <554288A3.7070108@hiwaay.net> <38196015-1B55-4DBF-BE73-003556CB56EE@thehowies.com> In-Reply-To: <38196015-1B55-4DBF-BE73-003556CB56EE@thehowies.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 20:50:39 -0000 On 04/30/15 15:43, John Howie wrote: > Aha, the missing piece of information! That will make a huge difference. > > Have you considered using a GPS or cellular connection for more accurate timekeeping? > > Also, I diskless boot a couple of my RPIs to avoid all SHDC wear and tear. You might want to look at that, too. You could avoid using syslog to write to a loghost in this fashion, if they boot from your existing box. > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Apr 30, 2015, at 15:55, William A. Mahaffey III wrote: >> >>> On 04/30/15 14:56, John Howie wrote: >>> A little OT but do you really want the RPI to be your time server? It has no hardware clock. The time keeping will be (relatively) terrible. >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >> Actually, it keeps pretty good time. I do have a DS3231 RTC chip on the GPIO slot, however, it is not (yet) fully supported. As long as there are no power burps (yes it is on an UPS), I am OK. >> >> -- >> >> William A. Mahaffey III >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war >> ever devised by man." >> -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" My ISP is a stratum-3 server (used to be 2 a few years back) & I'm straying less than 1 usec after an hour or 2 up (I unplug from the WWW every night & whenever I'm going to be away from the LAN for a while). I'm happy enough w/ their time-keeping. If that DS3231 support comes in (they *are* working on it, AFAIK), I'll be solid enough for my needs. I should look into running it diskless, but I am still pretty far down the ol' learning curve. This exercise was/is partly/mostly for learning, although it does a good job as my time-master. Next job is to get another one (RPiB+) setup as a WAP for my LAN .... -- William A. Mahaffey III ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "The M1 Garand is without doubt the finest implement of war ever devised by man." -- Gen. George S. Patton Jr.