On Tue, Oct 13, 1998 at 03:23:55PM -0700, Cliff W. Draper wrote: > I have a LAN off of the net and I want to run my own NTP server. Is there > a special NTP server program available? I haven't been able to figure out > how to make xntp3 be a server when it doesn't have another NTP server to > sync off of. Any ideas?
Have you any real clock sources? When no, use your system clock as reference. Simply add two lines to /etc/ntp.conf: server 127.127.1.1 fudge 127.127.1.1 stratum 8 Server 127.127.1.1 is just system clock - read /usr/doc/xntp3/html/*: | Synopsis | | Address: 127.127.1.u | Reference ID: LCL | Driver ID: LOCAL | | Description | | This is a hack to allow a machine to use its own system clock as a | reference clock, i.e., to free-run using no outside clock discipline | source. This is useful if NTP is to be used in an isolated environment | with no radio clock or NIST modem available. Pick a machine that has a | good clock oscillator (Digital machines are good, Sun machines are not) | and configure it with this driver. Set the clock using the best means | available, like eyeball-and-wristwatch. Then, point all the other | machines at this one or use broadcast (not multicast) mode to distribute | time. [...] and use stratum 8 (or greater) to don't fake real clock references when you'll connect to them. Mirek
