Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:19:42 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Milan Obuch <freebsd-stable@dino.sk>, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ntpdate with u3g - synchronisation problem Message-ID: <200908191116.n7JBGXPg003802@lava.sentex.ca> In-Reply-To: <200908191220.13678.freebsd-stable@dino.sk> References: <200908191220.13678.freebsd-stable@dino.sk>
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At 06:20 AM 8/19/2009, Milan Obuch wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have a box connected via u3g (Huawei E169) running OpenVPN with PKI
>certificates. It needs to synchronise time. I added
Better to fire it when the ppp link actually comes up. This could be
well after the machine boots since you might not immediately have
signal. If your ppp label is called gprs for example, in
/etc/ppp/ppp.linkup
add
gprs:
! /usr/sbin/ntpdate -s <your.ntp.ip>
---Mike
>ntpdate_enable="YES"
>ntpdate_flags="-b <my.ntpd.server.ip>"
>
>into rc.conf. Problem is, ntpdate timeouts, because network starts slowly in
>this case. I need ntpdate to wait somehow until ntp server is reachable. Due
>to USB used to connect 3G modem, ppp is started via devd event. Network start
>is a bit asynchronous, not ordered in rcorder sense.
>
>Could someone shed some lite on this for me? It looks a bit like synchronous
>DHCP - at least I think so.
>
>Any help appreciated.
>
>Regards,
>Milan
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