[ale] NTPD issues

[H. A. Story]

Hi,
Looks like a problem I had.  Some ntp servers will start rejecting you 
if you connect to many times during a period, to fix this I just made a 
script that only runs once a day to adjust the clock. This also takes 
care of the jitter problem.

Keep in mind it may not be all you if you are on a dynamic IP.


Ryan Fish wrote:
> I have been successfully using ntpd on a RHEL3 ES server for roughly 1.5 months now.  For some yet unknown reason the service just stopped working properly yesterday.  By this, I mean the service will run but will not actually connect to any NTP server I list in ntp.conf.
> 
> ntpq -p returns the following:
> 
>      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset  jitter
> ==============================================================================
> *LOCAL(0)        LOCAL(0)        10 l    6   64  377    0.000    0.000   0.008
>  hickory.cc.colu navobs1.wustl.e  2 u   13   64  377   22.013  -129454 4630.18
>  ns1.usg.edu     ntp0.mcs.anl.go  2 u   37   64  377    2.586  -129254 6320.01
>  louie.udel.edu  128.4.40.20      2 u   22   64  377   47.435  -129373 5099.01
>  rubidium.broad. .GPS.            1 u   46   64  377   38.199  -129208 7104.82
> 
> 
> ntpq -d followed by assoc returns the following even after waiting a couple hours:
> 
> ind assID status  conf reach auth condition  last_event cnt
> ===========================================================
>   1 59084  9614   yes   yes  none  sys.peer   reachable  1
>   2 59085  9014   yes   yes  none    reject   reachable  1
>   3 59086  9014   yes   yes  none    reject   reachable  1
>   4 59087  9014   yes   yes  none    reject   reachable  1
>   5 59088  9014   yes   yes  none    reject   reachable  1
> 
> I have stopped, restarted and added more NTP servers but the service never actually starts working as it has and should.
> 
> Any ideas???
> 
> TIA
> - Ryan
> 
> 
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