[hblug] Re: IPCop

[Fraser Burns]

Michael Adams wrote:

>Log in as root when ipcop is online and try:
>
>ntpdate -s -u ntp.massey.ac.nz
>
>Report any errors back here. We will go from there.
>
>Ping of both sites got similar results to you.
>  
>
The GUI setup of IPCOP still not synching.

Reread online help, and checked the IPCOP messages.
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Jan 17 00:00:11 ipcop ipcop: NTP synchronization enabled
Jan 17 00:00:11 ipcop ipcop: ntpd restarted
Jan 17 00:00:11 ipcop ntpd[3945]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
Jan 17 00:00:14 ipcop ntpd[4293]: ntpd 4.2.0 at 1.1161-r Sun Nov  6 
22:25:40 GMT 2005 (1)
Jan 17 00:00:14 ipcop ntpd[4293]: signal_no_reset: signal 13 had flags 
4000000
Jan 17 00:00:14 ipcop ntpd[4293]: precision = 2.000 usec
Jan 17 00:00:14 ipcop modprobe: Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent 
than /lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.dep
Jan 17 00:00:14 ipcop ntpd[4293]: no IPv6 interfaces found
Jan 17 00:00:14 ipcop ntpd[4293]: kernel time sync status 0040
Jan 17 00:00:14 ipcop ntpd[4293]: frequency initialized -58.333 PPM from 
/etc/ntp/drift

 ....
Jan 17 00:08:49 ipcop ntpd[4293]: synchronized to 203.109.252.7, stratum=2
Jan 17 00:08:49 ipcop ntpd[4293]: kernel time sync disabled 0041
Jan 17 00:08:49 ipcop ntpd[4293]: frequency error -512 PPM exceeds 
tolerance 500 PPM
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Now the way I was reading that Help file, it seems that ntpdate won't 
run at the same time as ntpd.
As I read this log it says that ntpd is running.

So presumably this is where the conflict is.
And no I don't need the high precision of ntpd. So long as I'm within 
the minute all the time.

Interesting to note that despite these disagreements:
My desktop box, my IPcop box, and my cell phone have somehow ending up 
synching their times as opposed to 8 minutes between them at the weekend.
regards
Fraser