Re: GPS Unit for Timekeeping on Linux?

From: W. Watson (wolf_tracks_at_invalid.inv)
Date: 11/18/04 

Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 05:58:59 GMT

dold@XReXXGPSXU.usenet.us.com wrote:

> W. Watson <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote:
>
>>computers. However, the one in the house in Win XP. I'm not sure Linux and Win are
>>easy to network.
>
>
> I just did an "ntpdate" from redhat 9 to my WinXP system, so you ought to
> be able to set WinXP as the ntp server for your linux box. I had to play
> with the WinXP-SP2 firewall to get that to work.
>
> If you have a WinXP system, double-click the clock, and select internet
> time (a third tab on the clock setting page if you aren't in a domain).
> Select a reasonable time server. Earthlink doesn't seem to offer an ntp
> server. Sometimes the pop server or smtp server, or dns servers will
> respond to ntp requests, but not at Earthlink. ntp.exodus.net works.
>
> Windows gets the time about once a week. When you synchronize, it tells
> you when it is going to synchronize next. You could install ntp on the
> Winodws box if that isn't good enough. Actually, I just looked at mine.
> It synchronized at 8:58, and is going to sync again at 9:58.
>
> Linux and Windows love each other ;-) I share files, and run VNCviewer so
> I can mirror either windows or unix consoles to the other machine.
>
Thanks, but how do I get RH Linux 9.0 to communicate with XP over the ethernet? The
Linux machine does have a builtin ethernet card, but I've never tried to use it.
Maybe it'll detect it properly if I just plug in the cable? It could get trickier.
It's actually a realtime (RT) Linux built from RH 9.0 It took my about six months to
figure out how to access my Zip drive and floppy drive! Fortunately, I didn't figure
24/7. Random persistence on my part finally got it working. I had to go back to the
kernel build and specify some module that contained the right drivers. Maybe I'll get
lucky by just plugging in the cable. I hope. If it works, then it would be good to be
able to move files across the ethernet. If so, what's the technique, commands?

How do I go about installing ntp on Windows? Well, first things first. I'd like to
figure out how to get the net running with both machines. Actually, I have a Linux
machine and Windows machine in the same place, and the Win machine is on the net with
the machine here in the den. I have the cable and hub to get to both the Linux and
other Win machine. The Linux machine used to be a W2000 machine, and I had all three
on the Win net. 

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