ntpMerlin ntpMerlin - NTP Daemon for AsusWRT Merlin

[Jack Yaz]

Lost uiDivStats again after reinstall of ntpMerlin!

uiDivStats startup

 

[nlurker]

Stupid question, how does one use the proper named entry from the dict file?

I notice that this issue has been fixed. I like your solution.

 

[Jack Yaz]

thoughts?

 

[L&LD]

thoughts?
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I like the much cleaner look.

I would love units (microsecond, etc.) spelled out though.

And, I'm assuming it shows the numbers when hovered over, right?

 

[cmkelley]

thoughts?
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Not a fan of the dots. Either would be fine without the dots.

 

[Jack Yaz]

Not a fan of the dots. Either would be fine without the dots.

Dots I'm dabbling with - each one can be hovered over for the offset at that specific time

 

[cmkelley]

Dots I'm dabbling with - each one can be hovered over for the offset at that specific time

Can you make them smaller?

 

[Jack Yaz]

Can you make them smaller?

 

[L&LD]

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Yes, that does look better.

 

[cmkelley]

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Way better.

 

[Jack Yaz]

I like the much cleaner look.

I would love units (microsecond, etc.) spelled out though.

And, I'm assuming it shows the numbers when hovered over, right?

Units is next to take a look at

 

[L&LD]

Units is next to take a look at

Ha, ha. I got too excited. I tried to update to the new version to see it.

 

[Zonkd]

Just FYI I learned if you manually edited the ntp.conf to use your geographically nearest servers (eg. 0.fr.pool.ntp.org, 1.fr.pool.ntp.org etc) then its best to leave the web GUI ntp server at default (pool.ntp.org) otherwise it may go crazy syncing with random servers worldwide. I discovered it when my graphs went chaotic and then followed dnsmasq logs. Otherwise it's now been working perfectly for many weeks. Jacks a legend.

 

[Seamaster]

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Yes, please. Looks good.

 

[Jack Yaz]

Ha, ha. I got too excited. I tried to update to the new version to see it.

Technically it is available on the develop branch, but it currently dumps to a csv and not the preferred sqlite db

 

[Marin]

Just FYI I learned if you manually edited the ntp.conf to use your geographically nearest servers (eg. 0.fr.pool.ntp.org, 1.fr.pool.ntp.org etc) then its best to leave the web GUI ntp server at default (pool.ntp.org) otherwise it may go crazy syncing with random servers worldwide. I discovered it when my graphs went chaotic and then followed dnsmasq logs. Otherwise it's now been working perfectly for many weeks. Jacks a legend.

I have my nearest GPS stratum 1 servers setup in the GUI and also in the ntpMerlin configuration file (removed all other preconfigured servers from there). Since then my graphs have been fairly stable. Also, I have “Enable local NTP server” setting as “No”.

 

[sfx2000]

Just FYI I learned if you manually edited the ntp.conf to use your geographically nearest servers (eg. 0.fr.pool.ntp.org, 1.fr.pool.ntp.org etc) then its best to leave the web GUI ntp server at default (pool.ntp.org) otherwise it may go crazy syncing with random servers worldwide.

Yeah - for US - 0.us.pool.ntp.org is good -

If one uses Google's Public DNS - try using Google's Public NTP - they're stratum 1 and fairly stable. One thing that some time enthusiasts don't like about Google NTP is they "smear" time when one approaches leap seconds over a short period of time as some clients don't like the hard jump when the leap second occurs.

server time1.google.com iburst
server time2.google.com iburst
server time3.google.com iburst
server time4.google.com iburst

 

[Jack Yaz]

So, the ntp daemon provided by 384.11 is unfortunately too limited to be queried by ntpq, so ntpmerlin will continue to require Entware. I will update it to be 384.11 aware (so that it can tweak nvram where needed), but i cannot integrate.

Feature-wise, ntpmerlin provides graphing as a benefit over the firmware implementation, since the redirect and the ntp daemon itself have now been integrated.

@RMerlin can the ntp redirect nvram variable be set even if ntp is in client mode only? If so, I can simplify my redirect code

EDIT: graphs will be migrated to interactive charts driven by chart.js a la uiDivStats

 

[RMerlin]

@RMerlin can the ntp redirect nvram variable be set even if ntp is in client mode only? If so, I can simplify my redirect code

No, ntpd_enable must also be set. This check is made to avoid users disabling the ntpd without first disabling the redirection, which would break NTP on all of their LAN devices.

 

[Jack Yaz]

No, ntpd_enable must also be set. This check is made to avoid users disabling the ntpd without first disabling the redirection, which would break NTP on all of their LAN devices.

Fair enough - I'll just make sure ntpd is disabled in the firmware and continue with my nat-start rules. Thanks!