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voldemar
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 19:48    Post subject: Reply with quote
redhawk0 wrote:

You could write a script and run it as a cron job once a day if you really want to.

I find it isn't necessary...once it gets the time...you should be all set after that...the majority of the problems are due to DST changes.

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I know that, what I'm trying to say 2 different version have different behavior. ver 13000 - adjusted time by itself, ver 13230 only after running this special script.
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 18, 2010 0:06    Post subject: Reply with quote
mac913 wrote:
So is there any "special" script to get NTP to update once a day?

Yes, and for unrelated reasons I came across it in this thread:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=225320#225320

Now, obviously, if you're not fiddling with the clock rate, there's no need to be doing this as often as shown there, but it's the same principle. This example would correct the time at 6AM daily. Paste these commands into Administration/Management/Additional Cron Jobs, and then Save/Apply.

0 6 * * * root killall process_monitor
0 6 * * * root process_monitor
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 15:53    Post subject: Reply with quote
Luniz2k1 wrote:
Run the following:
Code:
ntpclient pool.ntp.org
stopservice process_monitor
startservice process_monitor


Give a sec or 2 between each command. No reboot needed. Uptime will not be lost.


I have a cron job stopping and starting the process monitor on 2 wrt320n since the clock is running about 2 to 3 minutes faster per day. Other than having NTP do it's update when cycling the process monitor what else does the process monitor do?

I ONLY need the NTP to update at my scheduled request; isn't there a "better" way then cycling the process monitor?

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 16:28    Post subject: Reply with quote
Could you post your cron commands?
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 22, 2010 16:51    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dark_Shadow wrote:
Could you post your cron commands?


rseiler & somms posted the codes that I'm using. The one below will run daily at 6:00am.

0 6 * * * root killall process_monitor
0 6 * * * root process_monitor

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 1:41    Post subject: Reply with quote
0 6 * * 1 root killall process_monitor
0 6 * * 1 root process_monitor

Am I correct in assuming that the above will be run every Monday at 6 am?

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 2:40    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dark_Shadow wrote:
0 6 * * 1 root killall process_monitor
0 6 * * 1 root process_monitor

Am I correct in assuming that the above will be run every Monday at 6 am?

Yes. More variations here:
http://www.debianhelp.co.uk/schedulejobs.htm

mac913 wrote:
I ONLY need the NTP to update at my scheduled request; isn't there a "better" way then cycling the process monitor

Good question. I would certainly think so, but the method came from Eko (or was it BS) in the thread I quoted above, so perhaps not.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:54    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dark_Shadow wrote:
0 6 * * 1 root killall process_monitor
0 6 * * 1 root process_monitor

Am I correct in assuming that the above will be run every Monday at 6 am?


Yes, Sunday = 0 & Saturday = 6

More info on cron:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron

Since most time changes happen Sunday morning at around 2am I set my two 610n's to update once a week on Sunday 5am.

0 5 * * 0 root process_monitor

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 23, 2010 12:57    Post subject: Reply with quote
rseiler wrote:
mac913 wrote:
I ONLY need the NTP to update at my scheduled request; isn't there a "better" way then cycling the process monitor

Good question. I would certainly think so, but the method came from Eko (or was it BS) in the thread I quoted above, so perhaps not.


Reading the link is does look like it came from EKO. I would great if the NTP GUI gets an upgrade to input custom scheduling.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 28, 2010 9:19    Post subject: Reply with quote
tnx for all info... Smile
i entered my cronjob into the text box, cron section gui:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/CRON

Code:
55 * * * * root ntpclient nl.pool.ntp.org && stopservice process_monitor && startservice process_monitor


&& makes the commands execute sequentially on success

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PostPosted: Sun Apr 11, 2010 23:21    Post subject: Reply with quote
lost+found wrote:
tnx for all info... Smile
i entered my cronjob into the text box, cron section gui:
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/CRON

Code:
55 * * * * root ntpclient nl.pool.ntp.org && stopservice process_monitor && startservice process_monitor


&& makes the commands execute sequentially on success

cheers


I am giving it a try thanks.

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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 19:19    Post subject: Reply with quote
Dark_Shadow wrote:
0 6 * * 1 root killall process_monitor
0 6 * * 1 root process_monitor


Sorry for digging up an old thread, but my routers clock is not keeping the time correctly. I've set it to reboot once / week at night to sync the time, but it's no longer an option.

Does the above solution work 100%? Other messages tell to wait a few secs between the commands, so would it be "playing safe" to put something like this:

Code:
0 6 * * 1 root killall process_monitor
1 6 * * 1 root process_monitor


Another thing: has anyone yet discovered what other thing the process_monitor has to do other than ntpdate? Does that affect any other processes & tasks done by the router?
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PostPosted: Sat Sep 24, 2011 20:25    Post subject: Reply with quote
My Asus 520gu has the clock_fix turned off...so it loses exactly 10 minutes an hour....this is what I use to fix the clock...Its on the Administration>>Management tab.

once per hour (since it's off by 10 minutes...I reset it every 50 minutes of router time)

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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 3:23    Post subject: On clocks and problems Reply with quote
redhawk0 wrote:
My Asus 520gu has the clock_fix turned off...so it loses exactly 10 minutes an hour....this is what I use to fix the clock...Its on the Administration>>Management tab.

once per hour (since it's off by 10 minutes...I reset it every 50 minutes of router time)

redhawk


I'm wondering if the NTP behavior is maybe what is causing some issues with WDS. I'm seeing my WDS link just "evaporate" after several days. The routers on both sides are working, but the WDS tunnel is down. And when I log into each router manually, I find that the clocks are off. Not always by much, but I'm thinking that if time is important for encryption, then it might just be off by enough to disrupt the tunnel. Does that make any sense?

I find that when I simply click Administration:Apply Settings on both, the time syncs back up and the tunnel comes back up by itself.

If my suspicion is right, this could be what is effecting WDS on some routers in general, considering that any router that is hardwired to an internet connection gets its time updated pretty quick (at boot time and within 120s), whereas any WDS nodes that are remote will be stuck sitting in the '70s. Basically a race condition: does the tunnel negotiate successfully in 1970 or fail in 2011.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 09, 2011 4:17    Post subject: Re: On clocks and problems Reply with quote
ScooterComputer wrote:
but I'm thinking that if time is important for encryption,


It's not.

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