> It's supposed to end up in a stable state using only one source, but > it might take a long time. You can speed it up by increasing > maxclockerror and reducing the orphan distance. > > If that doesn't work for you, please post output from chronyc sources > and selectdata.
Here's the situation 24 hours after losing the connection to the external NTP server. Host 1 doesn't want to let loose of that server. Indeed, that is a stable configuration (if it stays like this), but the actual orphan feature hasn't kicked in - no orphan stratum anywhere. Host 1 S Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^* skinner.dev.de.xxxxxxxxxx 5 7 0 24h -46us[ -53us] +/- 131ms ^? cf-lb01-rh7 0 6 377 - +0ns[ +0ns] +/- 0ns ^- 10.21.2.182 7 6 377 23h +502us[ +502us] +/- 124ms ^- 10.21.2.183 7 6 377 23h +147us[ +147us] +/- 125ms S Name/IP Address Auth COpts EOpts Last Score Interval Leap ======================================================================= * skinner.dev.de.xxxxxxxxxx N -P--- -P--- 24h 1.0 -209ms +209ms N M cf-lb01-rh7 N ----- ----- 0 1.0 +0ns +0ns N P 10.21.2.182 N ----- ----- 23h 1.0 -189ms +209ms N P 10.21.2.183 N ----- ----- 23h 1.0 -199ms +205ms N Host 2 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^? skinner.dev.de.xxxxxxxxxx 5 8 0 24h -64us[ -104us] +/- 129ms ^* 10.21.2.181 6 6 377 36 +17us[ +15us] +/- 211ms ^? cf-lb02-rh7 0 6 377 - +0ns[ +0ns] +/- 0ns ^+ 10.21.2.183 7 6 377 60 -78us[ -79us] +/- 207ms S Name/IP Address Auth COpts EOpts Last Score Interval Leap ======================================================================= S skinner.dev.de.xxxxxxxxxx N -P--- -P--- 24h 1.0 -232ms +250ms N * 10.21.2.181 N ----- ----- 0 1.0 -207ms +207ms N M cf-lb02-rh7 N ----- ----- 0 1.0 +0ns +0ns N + 10.21.2.183 N ----- ----- 24 1.0 -203ms +202ms N Host 3 MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample =============================================================================== ^? skinner.dev.de.xxxxxxxxxx 5 9 0 24h +21us[ +80us] +/- 126ms ^* 10.21.2.181 6 6 377 59 +33us[ +32us] +/- 211ms ^+ 10.21.2.182 7 6 377 43 -17us[ -17us] +/- 207ms ^? cf-lb03-rh7 0 6 377 - +0ns[ +0ns] +/- 0ns S Name/IP Address Auth COpts EOpts Last Score Interval Leap ======================================================================= S skinner.dev.de.xxxxxxxxxx N -P--- -P--- 24h 1.0 -216ms +229ms N * 10.21.2.181 N ----- ----- 15 1.0 -207ms +207ms N + 10.21.2.182 N ----- ----- 0 1.0 -202ms +202ms N M cf-lb03-rh7 N ----- ----- 0 1.0 +0ns +0ns N Thanks, Carsten
