[Thumbgps-devel] Fwd: [AusNOG] EVERYONE should have a Stratum 1 time server, right?

[Dave Taht]

it was nice to see someone else take up this cause. I imagine our gps
is no longer available?

On Mon, Nov 14, 2022 at 3:14 PM Gary E. Miller <gem at rellim.com> wrote:
>
> Yo Dave!
>
> Funny thing, I just checked shipping rate from AU to USA.  A fedEx
> envelope fro Sydney to USA is A$92.  About US$62.
>
> On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:08:00 -0800
> Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > From: Rob Thomas <xrobau at gmail.com>
> > Date: Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 12:38 PM
> > Subject: [AusNOG] EVERYONE should have a Stratum 1 time server, right?
> > To: <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net> <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> >
> >
> > The good news is, you now can!  After about 6 months of wrangling bits
> > and pieces together, "Honest" Rob's Used Car (and VoIP) Emporium has
> > finally managed to get a bunch of custom made GPS Shields built and
> > they are sitting right next to me here in Australia, suitable for
> > lego-esque construction of your own NTP server!
> >
> > These are being sold at pretty much cost - AUD$30 ex - as a pro-bono
> > thing for those who want their very own Stratum 1 NTP server. All you
> > need to do is supply your own Raspberry Pi or equivalent - you just
> > need something with a clock speed over 1ghz and standard GPIO pins.
> >
> > But wait, there's more! You don't NEED to buy this specific hardware -
> > if you already have a GPS device with a PPS signal, you can just fork
> > and hack on the repo that started this:
> >
> > https://github.com/xrobau/rpi-ntp  (Note: that locks down SSH to key
> > only, and *only* puts my key in there, don't just run it blindly
> > without at least adding your ssh pubkey!)
> >
> > This all started because we needed more IPv6 NTP servers in the Asia
> > Pacific region, and it was annoyingly hard to find plug-and-play
> > hardware. I'm really hoping that a bunch of you lot will buy a few,
> > and put them up as public servers with IPv6 addresses on ntppool.org.
> >
> > https://freepbxhosting.com.au/s/gps-v1/
> >
> > I also have them up on eBay, for $40 each, but that's for the public,
> > not for the cool kids club that is AusNog.
> >
> > Currently I can only ship to AU and NZ, but that's purely because I'm
> > lazy and haven't figured out the costs. For those outside the North,
> > South and West islands of New Zealand, feel free to reach out to me
> > off list with your address and I'll figure something out.
> >
> > --"Honest" Rob
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
>
>
> RGDS
> GARY
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