ntpMerlin ntpMerlin v3.x

[figorr]

Following on from a previous post about suspicious offset etc, followed the commands and had these outputs. Only thing I'd changed is modified servers to local ones. Are these outputs legit? Or have I cocked something up?

admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# /opt/etc/init.d/S77chronyd check
Checking timeserverd...              alive.
admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# chronyc tracking
Reference ID    : 7F7F0101 ()
Stratum         : 10
Ref time (UTC)  : Mon Feb 08 00:47:07 2021
System time     : 0.000000000 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : +0.000000000 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.000000000 seconds
Frequency       : 6.282 ppm slow
Residual freq   : +0.000 ppm
Skew            : 0.000 ppm
Root delay      : 0.000000000 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.000000000 seconds
Update interval : 0.0 seconds
Leap status     : Normal
admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# chronyc sources
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample              
===============================================================================
^- uklon5-ntp-004.aaplimg.c>     1   7   377   117   -193us[ -193us] +/- 9331us
^- frcch1-ntp-001.aaplimg.c>     1   8   357    45   -385us[ -385us] +/-   14ms
^- ntp.euro.apple.com            1   8   377   113    +80us[  +80us] +/- 8937us
^- uklon5-ntp-003.aaplimg.c>     1   7   377   109    +55us[  +55us] +/- 8583us
^- time2.google.com              1   8   377   114   -100us[ -100us] +/-   12ms
^- time1.google.com              1   8   377   110   +119us[ +119us] +/-   12ms
^- time4.google.com              1   8   377    45   -382us[ -382us] +/-   14ms
^- time3.google.com              1   8   377   112   -572us[ -572us] +/-   13ms
^- time.cloudflare.com           3   8   377    41   -543us[ -543us] +/-   16ms
^- ns4.turbodns.co.uk            2   8   357   168  -1178us[-1178us] +/-   66ms
^- ns2.customer-resolver.net     2   8   377   230   -282us[ -282us] +/-   53ms
^- ns1.luns.net.uk               2   8   377    43   -873us[ -873us] +/-   45ms
^- 183.ip-51-89-151.eu           3   8   357    45    +90us[  +90us] +/-   12ms
^- ntp.nat.ms                    1   7   377   106  -4039us[-4039us] +/-   21ms
^- 213.251.53.217                2   8   377    36  +1899us[+1899us] +/-   52ms
^- 51-155-16-62.ll.in-addr.>     1   8   377   236   -321us[ -321us] +/-   21ms

It looks like you are not using chrony. You are not using any of these servers. Instead of ^- you should see ^* and ^+.
Did you switch the timeserver to chronyd in the spdMerlin script?

 

[DanNuke86]

It looks like you are not using chrony. You are not using any of these servers. Instead of ^- you should see ^* and ^+.
Did you switch the timeserver to chronyd in the spdMerlin script?

presuming you meant ntpmerlin, yes cronyd is selected as the timeserver.

 

[Jack Yaz]

Following on from a previous post about suspicious offset etc, followed the commands and had these outputs. Only thing I'd changed is modified servers to local ones. Are these outputs legit? Or have I cocked something up?

admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# /opt/etc/init.d/S77chronyd check
Checking timeserverd...              alive.
admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# chronyc tracking
Reference ID    : 7F7F0101 ()
Stratum         : 10
Ref time (UTC)  : Mon Feb 08 00:47:07 2021
System time     : 0.000000000 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : +0.000000000 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.000000000 seconds
Frequency       : 6.282 ppm slow
Residual freq   : +0.000 ppm
Skew            : 0.000 ppm
Root delay      : 0.000000000 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.000000000 seconds
Update interval : 0.0 seconds
Leap status     : Normal
admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# chronyc sources
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample              
===============================================================================
^- uklon5-ntp-004.aaplimg.c>     1   7   377   117   -193us[ -193us] +/- 9331us
^- frcch1-ntp-001.aaplimg.c>     1   8   357    45   -385us[ -385us] +/-   14ms
^- ntp.euro.apple.com            1   8   377   113    +80us[  +80us] +/- 8937us
^- uklon5-ntp-003.aaplimg.c>     1   7   377   109    +55us[  +55us] +/- 8583us
^- time2.google.com              1   8   377   114   -100us[ -100us] +/-   12ms
^- time1.google.com              1   8   377   110   +119us[ +119us] +/-   12ms
^- time4.google.com              1   8   377    45   -382us[ -382us] +/-   14ms
^- time3.google.com              1   8   377   112   -572us[ -572us] +/-   13ms
^- time.cloudflare.com           3   8   377    41   -543us[ -543us] +/-   16ms
^- ns4.turbodns.co.uk            2   8   357   168  -1178us[-1178us] +/-   66ms
^- ns2.customer-resolver.net     2   8   377   230   -282us[ -282us] +/-   53ms
^- ns1.luns.net.uk               2   8   377    43   -873us[ -873us] +/-   45ms
^- 183.ip-51-89-151.eu           3   8   357    45    +90us[  +90us] +/-   12ms
^- ntp.nat.ms                    1   7   377   106  -4039us[-4039us] +/-   21ms
^- 213.251.53.217                2   8   377    36  +1899us[+1899us] +/-   52ms
^- 51-155-16-62.ll.in-addr.>     1   8   377   236   -321us[ -321us] +/-   21ms

Need to see what you've set for servers in the config file

 

[DanNuke86]

Need to see what you've set for servers in the config file

pool time.cloudflare.com:1234 iburst nts
pool time.apple.com
pool time.google.com

server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 1.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 2.europe.pool.ntp.org iburst
server 3.pool.ntp.org iburst

pool pool.ntp.org iburst

 

[Jack Yaz]

Remove the nts line, nts isn't available at the moment

 

[DanNuke86]

Remove the nts line, nts isn't available at the moment

Done, thanks once again Jack! This is the problem when a novice tries to explore editing code haha..

I'd tried to get servers closer to my location to improve, once the ntp settles down, is there any other improvement to be done?

admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# chronyc tracking
Reference ID    : 11FD22FB (uklon5-ntp-004.aaplimg.com)
Stratum         : 2
Ref time (UTC)  : Mon Feb 08 19:06:53 2021
System time     : 0.007007496 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : -0.004951078 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.004951078 seconds
Frequency       : 6.285 ppm slow
Residual freq   : -5.871 ppm
Skew            : 0.080 ppm
Root delay      : 0.016525188 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.003594300 seconds
Update interval : 64.4 seconds
Leap status     : Normal

admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# chronyc -n sources
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^* 17.253.34.251                 1   6     3    63    -10ms[  -15ms] +/- 9296us
^+ 17.253.34.125                 1   6     7     1    -11ms[  -11ms] +/- 9357us
^x 17.253.34.123                 1   6     3    64    -14ms[  -19ms] +/-   12ms
^? 17.253.108.253                1   6     3    64    -10ms[  -15ms] +/-   14ms
^+ 216.239.35.4                  1   6     3    64    -11ms[  -16ms] +/-   13ms
^+ 216.239.35.12                 1   6     7     2    -10ms[  -10ms] +/-   14ms
^+ 216.239.35.0                  1   6     3    63    -10ms[  -10ms] +/-   12ms
^+ 216.239.35.8                  1   6     7     1    -10ms[  -10ms] +/-   13ms
^? 85.199.214.102                1   7   110   120    -11ms[  -15ms] +/-   11ms
^- 188.114.116.1                 2   6   133    53    -12ms[  -12ms] +/-   37ms
^- 213.199.225.40                2   6    55   117    -11ms[  -16ms] +/-   56ms
^- 162.159.200.123               3   6    37    57    -13ms[  -13ms] +/-   18ms
^- 193.150.34.2                  3   6    37    58  -8999us[-8999us] +/-   47ms
^- 95.215.175.2                  2   6    37    55    -11ms[  -11ms] +/-   21ms
^+ 162.159.200.1                 3   6    37    58  -9460us[-9460us] +/-   16ms
^- 81.21.65.169                  2   6   153    52    -16ms[  -16ms] +/-   77ms

 

[JGrana]

Very good list of sources. The selected time server and a collection of what chrony calls acceptable ("+") servers are Stratum 1. You show 9 in the list. Quite good - should be interesting to see how your tracking looks in a day or so!

 

[DanNuke86]

Very good list of sources. The selected time server and a collection of what chrony calls acceptable ("+") servers are Stratum 1. You show 9 in the list. Quite good - should be interesting to see how your tracking looks in a day or so!

This is how it's looking now. Offset is between +/- 0.4ms, as opposed to the old values of +/- 1.2ms...

Open to any suggestions on improvement!

I know someone else has mentioned it previously and it may be entirely a co-incidence, but I did some gaming last night after making the changes and the performance of the internet (for gaming) seemed noticeably punchy..

MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^+ uklon5-ntp-004.aaplimg.c>     1  10   377   805   -113us[  -76us] +/- 9116us
^+ ntp.euro.apple.com            1  10   377   764  -4164us[-4128us] +/-   13ms
^* uklon5-ntp-003.aaplimg.c>     1  10   377   113   +238us[ +272us] +/- 8564us
^+ frcch1-ntp-002.aaplimg.c>     1  10   373   781  -1333us[-1297us] +/-   14ms
^+ time2.google.com              1  10   377   587  -1130us[-1094us] +/-   13ms
^+ time4.google.com              1  10   377   793   -159us[ -123us] +/-   14ms
^+ time1.google.com              1  10   377   482  -3954us[-3919us] +/-   17ms
^+ time3.google.com              1  10   377   537   -442us[ -407us] +/-   12ms
^- 195.219.205.9                 2  10   377   778  -2714us[-2678us] +/-   76ms
^- ntp3.wirehive.net             2  10   357     6  -1154us[-1154us] +/-   38ms
^- ntp2.tktelekom.pl             2  10   177   371  -4252us[-4217us] +/-   44ms
^+ time.cloudflare.com           3  10   377   931  -1507us[-1470us] +/-   17ms
^- time.rdg.uk.as44574.net       3  10   377   928    -45us[-8216ns] +/-   48ms
^+ time.shf.uk.as44574.net       2  10   377     0   -858us[ -858us] +/-   20ms
^+ time.cloudflare.com           3  10   377   22m   -971us[-1178us] +/-   16ms
^- ns4.turbodns.co.uk            2  10   357   872   -281us[ -245us] +/-   70ms
admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# chronyc tracking
Reference ID    : 11FD227B (uklon5-ntp-003.aaplimg.com)
Stratum         : 2
Ref time (UTC)  : Tue Feb 09 12:35:30 2021
System time     : 0.000284057 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : +0.000034129 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.000203031 seconds
Frequency       : 5.904 ppm slow
Residual freq   : -0.001 ppm
Skew            : 0.022 ppm
Root delay      : 0.016697720 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.000547038 seconds
Update interval : 1029.0 seconds
Leap status     : Normal

 

[heysoundude]

This is how it's looking now. Offset is between +/- 0.4ms, as opposed to the old values of +/- 1.2ms...

Open to any suggestions on improvement!

ok, lets take a step back here for a second: 0.4 ms is four ten thousandths of a second, and the 6-ish ppm drift means 6 pulses per million.
That makes the crystal chip/clock in your router pretty damned good, and fairly stable.
because it is stable, and only needs slight occasional correction, the data mechanisms of the router don't need to be manipulated as much to keep data flowing at the best speed - that manipulation and error correction slows things down, as you can now see from the gaming experience you've described
in a speedtest, has your connection speed improved? that's not what matters - user experience has improved probably exponentially compared to whatever amount throughput capability has.

 

[DanNuke86]

ok, lets take a step back here for a second: 0.4 ms is four ten thousandths of a second, and the 6-ish ppm drift means 6 pulses per million.
That makes the crystal chip/clock in your router pretty damned good, and fairly stable.
because it is stable, and only needs slight occasional correction, the data mechanisms of the router don't need to be manipulated as much to keep data flowing at the best speed - that manipulation and error correction slows things down, as you can now see from the gaming experience you've described
in a speedtest, has your connection speed improved? that's not what matters - user experience has improved probably exponentially compared to whatever amount throughput capability has.

Had another few tweaks with the NTP addresses to try and improve further.

Yes, I've noticed speed test output has increased ever so slightly.

I'm going to see how it goes tonight with some more gaming to see if it wasn't just a co-incidence!

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Reference ID    : 11FD22FB (uklon5-ntp-004.aaplimg.com)
Stratum         : 2
Ref time (UTC)  : Tue Feb 09 17:44:01 2021
System time     : 0.000535446 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : -0.000208381 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.000256092 seconds
Frequency       : 6.108 ppm slow
Residual freq   : -0.006 ppm
Skew            : 0.128 ppm
Root delay      : 0.016824678 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.001842577 seconds
Update interval : 1025.4 seconds
Leap status     : Normal
admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# chronyc sources
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample               
===============================================================================
^+ uklon5-ntp-003.aaplimg.c>     1  10   377   158  -1812us[-1812us] +/- 9397us
^* uklon5-ntp-004.aaplimg.c>     1  10   377   308  -3431us[-3639us] +/-   11ms
^+ frcch1-ntp-001.aaplimg.c>     1  10   105   691   -464us[ -656us] +/-   13ms
^+ ntp.euro.apple.com            1  10   377   935  -4177us[-4357us] +/-   13ms
^+ time1.google.com              1  10   377    28   -924us[ -924us] +/-   12ms
^+ time4.google.com              1   9   377   419   -849us[-1052us] +/-   15ms
^+ time3.google.com              1  10   377   746  -1815us[-2004us] +/-   13ms
^+ time2.google.com              1  10   377   294  -1466us[-1466us] +/-   12ms
^- swale.mc.man.ac.uk            2   9   377   283  -5376us[-5376us] +/-   57ms
^+ 194.80.204.184                1  10   377   474   -829us[-1030us] +/-   16ms
^- penkett.anduin.org.uk         2  10   377    86   -198us[ -198us] +/-   43ms
^? 85.199.214.98                 1  10     1   24m    -69ms[  -70ms] +/-   80ms
^- server1.quickdrivingtest>     1  10   201   552  -5863us[-6060us] +/-   16ms

 

[heysoundude]

If you really want to be SUPER tight - look into your poll times. 2^10 is 1024 secs, about 17 mins.
If you adjust polling to 6, your router will ping the reference servers every 64 sec and adjust accordingly
that'll tighten things up significantly on your network...a lot can happen in a million or so nanoseconds ;-p

 

[Kingp1n]

Had another few tweaks with the NTP addresses to try and improve further.

Yes, I've noticed speed test output has increased ever so slightly.

I'm going to see how it goes tonight with some more gaming to see if it wasn't just a co-incidence!

[

Reference ID    : 11FD22FB (uklon5-ntp-004.aaplimg.com)
Stratum         : 2
Ref time (UTC)  : Tue Feb 09 17:44:01 2021
System time     : 0.000535446 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : -0.000208381 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.000256092 seconds
Frequency       : 6.108 ppm slow
Residual freq   : -0.006 ppm
Skew            : 0.128 ppm
Root delay      : 0.016824678 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.001842577 seconds
Update interval : 1025.4 seconds
Leap status     : Normal
admin86@RT-AX86U-0468:/tmp/home/root# chronyc sources
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample             
===============================================================================
^+ uklon5-ntp-003.aaplimg.c>     1  10   377   158  -1812us[-1812us] +/- 9397us
^* uklon5-ntp-004.aaplimg.c>     1  10   377   308  -3431us[-3639us] +/-   11ms
^+ frcch1-ntp-001.aaplimg.c>     1  10   105   691   -464us[ -656us] +/-   13ms
^+ ntp.euro.apple.com            1  10   377   935  -4177us[-4357us] +/-   13ms
^+ time1.google.com              1  10   377    28   -924us[ -924us] +/-   12ms
^+ time4.google.com              1   9   377   419   -849us[-1052us] +/-   15ms
^+ time3.google.com              1  10   377   746  -1815us[-2004us] +/-   13ms
^+ time2.google.com              1  10   377   294  -1466us[-1466us] +/-   12ms
^- swale.mc.man.ac.uk            2   9   377   283  -5376us[-5376us] +/-   57ms
^+ 194.80.204.184                1  10   377   474   -829us[-1030us] +/-   16ms
^- penkett.anduin.org.uk         2  10   377    86   -198us[ -198us] +/-   43ms
^? 85.199.214.98                 1  10     1   24m    -69ms[  -70ms] +/-   80ms
^- server1.quickdrivingtest>     1  10   201   552  -5863us[-6060us] +/-   16ms

I'm new to all this as well and I've currently setup chronyc. Does this look good on my end:

/tmp/home/root# chronyc tracking
Reference ID    : 81861C7B (time1.facebook.com)
Stratum         : 2
Ref time (UTC)  : Tue Feb 09 18:02:30 2021
System time     : 0.001078921 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : -0.001428494 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.000795097 seconds
Frequency       : 1.008 ppm fast
Residual freq   : -0.304 ppm
Skew            : 0.629 ppm
Root delay      : 0.029739285 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.001674269 seconds
Update interval : 1035.9 seconds
Leap status     : Normal

:/tmp/home/root# chronyc -n sources
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample              
===============================================================================
^- 71.19.144.140                 2  10   377   166  -3106us[-3106us] +/-   75ms
^+ 138.236.128.36                2  10   377    70  -7955us[-7955us] +/-   39ms
^+ 172.86.181.78                 2  10   377   575   +704us[ +704us] +/-   39ms
^- 23.157.160.168                2  10   377    56   -933us[ -933us] +/-   51ms
^+ 216.218.254.202               1  10   357   439  -3150us[-3150us] +/-   44ms
^- 173.0.48.220                  2  10   377   146    -27ms[  -27ms] +/-  104ms
^+ 104.194.242.237               2   9   377    29   +755us[ +755us] +/-   39ms
^- 73.239.136.185                3  10   377   634  -1684us[-1684us] +/-   63ms
^* 129.134.28.123                1  10   377   779   +523us[ -905us] +/-   15ms
^- 147.251.48.140                2  10   377   259    -53us[  -53us] +/-   95ms
^- 212.83.158.83                 2  10   377   615  -3332us[-3332us] +/-   56ms
^- 95.216.147.242                2  10   377   644  -3845us[-3845us] +/-  110ms
^- 176.9.157.155                 2  10   377   620  -3368us[-3368us] +/-   95ms

 

[DanNuke86]

I'm new to all this as well and I've currently setup chronyc. Does this look good on my end:

/tmp/home/root# chronyc tracking
Reference ID    : 81861C7B (time1.facebook.com)
Stratum         : 2
Ref time (UTC)  : Tue Feb 09 18:02:30 2021
System time     : 0.001078921 seconds slow of NTP time
Last offset     : -0.001428494 seconds
RMS offset      : 0.000795097 seconds
Frequency       : 1.008 ppm fast
Residual freq   : -0.304 ppm
Skew            : 0.629 ppm
Root delay      : 0.029739285 seconds
Root dispersion : 0.001674269 seconds
Update interval : 1035.9 seconds
Leap status     : Normal

:/tmp/home/root# chronyc -n sources
MS Name/IP address         Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample             
===============================================================================
^- 71.19.144.140                 2  10   377   166  -3106us[-3106us] +/-   75ms
^+ 138.236.128.36                2  10   377    70  -7955us[-7955us] +/-   39ms
^+ 172.86.181.78                 2  10   377   575   +704us[ +704us] +/-   39ms
^- 23.157.160.168                2  10   377    56   -933us[ -933us] +/-   51ms
^+ 216.218.254.202               1  10   357   439  -3150us[-3150us] +/-   44ms
^- 173.0.48.220                  2  10   377   146    -27ms[  -27ms] +/-  104ms
^+ 104.194.242.237               2   9   377    29   +755us[ +755us] +/-   39ms
^- 73.239.136.185                3  10   377   634  -1684us[-1684us] +/-   63ms
^* 129.134.28.123                1  10   377   779   +523us[ -905us] +/-   15ms
^- 147.251.48.140                2  10   377   259    -53us[  -53us] +/-   95ms
^- 212.83.158.83                 2  10   377   615  -3332us[-3332us] +/-   56ms
^- 95.216.147.242                2  10   377   644  -3845us[-3845us] +/-  110ms
^- 176.9.157.155                 2  10   377   620  -3368us[-3368us] +/-   95ms

I'm fairly new to it all too and just trying trial and error to find what works best. It looks good to me, but I'm not sure how many of those servers are fairly local.

pool time.apple.com                                                     
pool time.google.com                                                   
                                                                        
!server 0.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst                                       
!server 1.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst                                       
!server 2.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst                                       
!server 3.uk.pool.ntp.org iburst                                       
server chronos.csr.net iburst                                         
server ntp2d.mcc.ac.uk iburst                                         
server ntp1.speedwelshpool.com iburst               
server ntp0.uos.ac.uk iburst         
server ntp1.anduin.org.uk iburst     
server ntp5.leontp.com iburst       
server ntp.shr.ug iburst             
server ntp6.leontp.com iburst

That's my server list in my config file and gives me 11x stratum 1 NTP Servers. I've checked UK servers database to decide on those, plus the pool options of apple and google NTP Servers..

 

[DanNuke86]

If you really want to be SUPER tight - look into your poll times. 2^10 is 1024 secs, about 17 mins.
If you adjust polling to 6, your router will ping the reference servers every 64 sec and adjust accordingly
that'll tighten things up significantly on your network...a lot can happen in a million or so nanoseconds ;-p

The poll times start off around 6 but then seem to drift to 10, is there somewhere I can edit this?

 

[Deleted member 62525]

I get the following errors during restart.
14:14:46 ntpMerlin: Restarting chronyd...
Feb 9 14:14:46 timeserverd: Waiting for NTP to sync before starting...
Feb 9 14:14:46 chronyd[31467]: chronyd version 4.0 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK -RTC +PRIVDROP -SCFILTER -SIGND +ASYNCDNS -NTS -SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG)
Feb 9 14:14:46 chronyd[31467]: Fatal error : Another chronyd may already be running (pid=3145), check /opt/var/run/chrony/chronyd.pid

The only way I can fix it is hard reboot. Is there a way manually I can stop and then start chronyd ?

 

[dmillerzx]

I get the following errors during restart.
14:14:46 ntpMerlin: Restarting chronyd...
Feb 9 14:14:46 timeserverd: Waiting for NTP to sync before starting...
Feb 9 14:14:46 chronyd[31467]: chronyd version 4.0 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK -RTC +PRIVDROP -SCFILTER -SIGND +ASYNCDNS -NTS -SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG)
Feb 9 14:14:46 chronyd[31467]: Fatal error : Another chronyd may already be running (pid=3145), check /opt/var/run/chrony/chronyd.pid

The only way I can fix it is hard reboot. Is there a way manually I can stop and then start chronyd ?

I had a similar issue today after updating the latest ntpmerlin through amtm. Really weird and the problem persisted after a full uninstall and reinstall of ntpmerlin. I actually can't get ntpmerlin to work at all right now and had to entirely remove. Basically after every reboot ntpd wasn't syncing until I manually restarted the ntpd service, then all was fine. This was reproducible upon every reboot with my setup. I've been using ntpmerlin without issue for a long time really strange. Figured I'd keep uninstalled for now and give it another go after the next firmware release. Observed the same issue when configured for chronyd or ntpd.

AX86U latest merlin release.

 

[Jack Yaz]

I had a similar issue today after updating the latest ntpmerlin through amtm. Really weird and the problem persisted after a full uninstall and reinstall of ntpmerlin. I actually can't get ntpmerlin to work at all right now and had to entirely remove. Basically after every reboot ntpd wasn't syncing until I manually restarted the ntpd service, then all was fine. This was reproducible upon every reboot with my setup. I've been using ntpmerlin without issue for a long time really strange. Figured I'd keep uninstalled for now and give it another go after the next firmware release. Observed the same issue when configured for chronyd or ntpd.

AX86U latest merlin release.

unrelated to ntpmerlin. ntpd/chronyd from ntpmerlin do not start until the firmware's built-in ntpd has synced. if this isn't syncing, then ntpmerlin wont start. you could try this: http://www.snbforums.com/threads/mounting-issues-with-add-ons.69807/post-658338

 

[Jack Yaz]

I get the following errors during restart.
14:14:46 ntpMerlin: Restarting chronyd...
Feb 9 14:14:46 timeserverd: Waiting for NTP to sync before starting...
Feb 9 14:14:46 chronyd[31467]: chronyd version 4.0 starting (+CMDMON +NTP +REFCLOCK -RTC +PRIVDROP -SCFILTER -SIGND +ASYNCDNS -NTS -SECHASH +IPV6 -DEBUG)
Feb 9 14:14:46 chronyd[31467]: Fatal error : Another chronyd may already be running (pid=3145), check /opt/var/run/chrony/chronyd.pid

The only way I can fix it is hard reboot. Is there a way manually I can stop and then start chronyd ?

/opt/etc/init.d/S77chronyd stop

 

[Deleted member 62525]

I had a similar issue today after updating the latest ntpmerlin through amtm. Really weird and the problem persisted after a full uninstall and reinstall of ntpmerlin. I actually can't get ntpmerlin to work at all right now and had to entirely remove. Basically after every reboot ntpd wasn't syncing until I manually restarted the ntpd service, then all was fine. This was reproducible upon every reboot with my setup. I've been using ntpmerlin without issue for a long time really strange. Figured I'd keep uninstalled for now and give it another go after the next firmware release. Observed the same issue when configured for chronyd or ntpd.

AX86U latest merlin release.

I managed to manually do the restart. Run /opt/etc/init.d/S77chronyd (stop | start). This produced no errors and restarted just fine.

 

[Jack Yaz]

v3.2.2 is now available
Changelog:

• FIXED: Restarting S77ntpd/S77chronyd would not correctly stop previous instance