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Date:      Fri, 22 Jan 1999 12:22:24 -0600 (CST)
From:      Jeremy Shaffner <jer@jorsm.com>
To:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   xntpd
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.990122115310.19858I-100000@mercury.jorsm.com>

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I've been running xntpd on two FreeBSD machines, and they have neither
synched up with the outside ntp servers nor each other.  Here's what the
/etc/ntp.conf's look like on each:


Machine #1 (P200, FreeBSD 2.2.6-R, 10BT LAN, T1 Backbone, address is
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX)

driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
server tick.usno.navy.mil
server pi.bellcore.com
restrict default ignore 
restrict YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY mask 255.255.255.255


Machine #2 (486DX/50, FreeBSD 2.2.8-R, 56K(ish) dialup to the same
network, address is YYY.YYY.YYY.YYY) 

driftfile /etc/ntp.drift
server XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
restrict default ignore
restrict XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX mask 255.255.255.255


As a control, there is also Machine #3 (P133, FreeBSD 2.2.1-R, same LAN
and backbone as XXX) running `/usr/sbin/ntpdate -b tick.usno.navy.mil
pi.bellcore.com` hourly from cron.

`date` given by Machine #1 is:  Fri Jan 22 12:09:36 CST 1999
`date` given by Machine #2 is:  Fri Jan 22 12:04:57 CST 1999
`date` given by Machine #3 is:  Fri Jan 22 12:05:23 CST 1999
(Human delay can account for no more than 2 seconds difference.)

Machine #3 is the only machine that seems to be getting the right time.
Killing xntpd and setting the time manually with ntpdate correctly sets
the time.  I need xntpd running on Machine #1 to sync our terminal servers
so I can't rely on ntpdate.

The drift file is touched by xntpd hourly, but remains 0.000 0 on both
machines.  I let them run a week to let xntpd do it's thing, but they're
not working like (I think) they're supposed to.

Help?  :)

Please cc: me personally, I unsub'd from the list long ago.


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