On 2013-03-15 12:33 (GMT+0100) Per Jessen composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
On 2013-03-15 08:29 (GMT+0100) Per Jessen composed:
Yeah, although it's not such a bad idea to have one system sync'ed to the pool, and the rest sync'ed to that system.
Exactly what I'm trying to do
because
I have a STB running Linux
What is an STB?
Generically: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set-top_box Specifically: http://www.azbox.ca/cfm/azbox/product_details.cfm?ID=154
that when configured to use a public pool always fails to sync. When setting it up to a specific public server like time.nist.gov or time.mit.edu it randomly works or not. It seems to work no more than about once or twice a day,
That sounds like a dodgy network. Fails to sync is either a) fails to connect to time-server or b) the STB is too far out-of-sync.
Fails to connect seems like the problem, but there are no network problems apparent. Too far out of sync would be no surprise, as my previous comment below suggests. The onboard 2032 battery is showing 3.15 volts.
but typically needs rebooting multiple times a day to avoid catching video output corruption while attempting to record from it. When it fails on reboot it gets a 1999 date and 00:00 UTC time setting. I was hoping a local server would somehow be more reliable.
Do you know how it sets the date on startup? With that kind of
No idea.
difference, it would need to start ntp with '-g' to override the safety check. Maybe it uses sntp?
Both ntp and sntp produce command not found.
When I set the STB to sync to the local hostname or IP of my local NTP, it always fails, and the output of 'tcpdump -n -i etho port 123' never sees anything incoming from the STB,
Firewall issue?
Firewall off while troubleshooting networking problems.
while it is showing 140.99.51.114.123, which I would think my router should be blocking. Or could that be an IP via us.pool.ntp.org?
It could be, yes. 140.99.51.114 = tuppy.intrepidhosting.net.
I have no idea how the STB actually gets the date from the internet. It has no ntp command, no ntpd command, no tcpdump command, and no /etc/ntp.conf.
sntp?
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A ntp server URL is fed into the GUI UI if auto sync from internet is selected.
What does that look like? ntp://server/etc ???
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