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

[Gary E. Miller]

Yo Dave!

On Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:17:30 -0800
Dave Taht <dave.taht at gmail.com> wrote:

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

Uh, "our GPS"?  Depending on your requirements, and a simple Stratum 1
does not have high requirements, there are 

Sparkfun has RasPi compatible GPS boards for $40, on up.


> 
> 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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> > > AusNOG at ausnog.net
> > > https://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
> > >
> > >  
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > RGDS
> > GARY
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> > 97703 gem at rellim.com  Tel:+1 541 382 8588
> >
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> 




RGDS
GARY
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