Date: Tue, 05 May 1998 22:01:51 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Studded <Studded@san.rr.com> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: should we update xntp in the base system to newest ntp version ? Message-ID: <354FE0AF.AE6C55B7@softweyr.com> References: <19980505175215.A3650@klemm.gtn.com> <354F8D80.327FA42B@san.rr.com>
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Studded wrote:
>
> Andreas Klemm wrote:
> >
> > The version we have is based on ntp 3.4e.
>
> > Does somebody know, if there is a demand to upgrade xntpd ?
>
> Yes, yes, 1,000 times yes. I've only asked for this about that number
> of times. :) The reaons for the upgrade being desirable include several
> bug fixes, *vastly* improved efficiency and several new features.
Including (pretty much) working support for most portable GPS units with an
'NMEA-0183' serial interface, like my Garmin GPS-II. It's pretty cool to
be able to have a (relatively) reliable local time clock for $129, plus
about $35 for a data cable. ;^)
> I've done a lot of
> research on NTP and have deployed a world-wide time server network
> including a lot of freebsd servers so this is a topic near to my heart.
Me too, having recently spent a lot of effort smashing it into VxWorks
to run on the layer-3 switching equipment at my 'day job.' If you
connect a GPS to the 'modem' port on the switches processing module,
you can implement your own time server network across your lan/wan/
campus network with *no* external references. Cool, eh?
Of course, you can provide the same time services for a lot less with
the same small GPS and a 386sx/16 running FreeBSD, with an NE2000 in it.
;^)
--
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Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
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