<quote who="Raffaele Sandrini"> > Hi > > Is there a simple way to set up a NTP Server on Debian? I tried the ntp > (and the ntp-simple | ntp-reclock) package but it seemed that this was > only a client ntp daemon. It hasn't to be very acurate... just a time > server wich LAN clients can "ntpdate" to. > > Ok Some of u will say: "Why the hell don't you use "ntpdate" against an > internet NTP server?!" Because i'm talking about a _large_ LAN on wich > the time isn't important to be set to +-0.0000001 sec. so it would be a > unnecessary load on the internet NTP server.
the ntp package is a ntpd (ntp server), but you need to configure it to synch with another server(search google or something to find public servers). My experience is unless the server is properly synchronzed against another server clients will refuse to update because it is out of synch. you can use the ntptrace command to see if it is in synch: # ntptrace saratoga.linuxpowered.net c2503-ipnat-wa-48.linuxpowered.net: stratum 3, offset -0.001254, synch distance 0.10522 Gabe.KJSL.COM: stratum 2, offset 0.002628, synch distance 0.01434 tick.gpsclock.com: stratum 1, offset -0.004762, synch distance 0.00117, refid 'PPS' one time my entire network fell out of synch and i finally traced it back to my main NTP server could not reach any of the servers I had configured it to use anymore, so it was out of synch. Once i added new servers within a few minutes everything was fine again there may be a way around this, I'm not sure nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
