Re: NTP weirdness
On Mon, 16 Oct 2006, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote:
> I have two machines which are running NTP. They both synchronize to
> these servers in /etc/ntp.conf:
>
> server ntp2.usno.navy.mil
> server ntp-1.vt.edu
> server ntp-2.vt.edu
>
> Now, here is where the weidrness comes in. The two servers' clocks are
> perfectly in sync. I have three machines (2 desktops/1 laptop) which
> synchronize to the two above named servers (not the upstream NTP
> servers). Anyhow, two of them are always within five seconds of the two
> local NTP servers. The third machine gains about 5 minutes every two
Any NTP drift above half a second means something is completely broken, so
*none* of your client machines are working fine. The two servers seem to
work right. Make sure to also configure the two servers to *peer* each
other, btw.
Are your NTP servers configured to allow the other client machines (the two
desktops and the laptop) to establish a client relationship with them? What
does ntpq -p outputs on the client machines?
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