Hello I am using a program called Faros to monitor ham radio signals. It relies on accurate time. I built an Arduino time server from the instructions here: https://ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/news/arduino-time-server/ Faros runs a check on all available NTP servers connected to the PC. For some reason, it can no longer contact “localhost,” which I think is the PC’s time service. Can anyone help me figure out what happened to localhost? Also, is there a good program to monitor the time signals from the Arduino server? I have it plugged into my WiFi router. I am trying Dimension 4, but it cannot contact the time server at 192.168.1.251. Richard

Hi Richard, The URL 192.168.xxx.xxx is a standard address that all routers are set to from the factory.  Usually few people ever changes that, so most likely it is your router's address that it is referring to. I think that a first step would be to unplug your router, wait 2 minutes, and then plug it back in and see if it clear some funny mode that it may have gotten into.  Failing that you may want to investigate to see if there is some problem with the instrument that is attached to that 192.168.1.251 address on your router.  Perhaps it is your Arduino time server which may have a problem. Failing that it may be a problem with your firewall assignments. Then ask for more help! Good luck, Bill....WB6BNQ On 1/26/2020 4:53 PM, Richard Mogford wrote: > Hello I am using a program called Faros to monitor ham radio signals. > It relies on accurate time. I built an Arduino time server from the > instructions here: > https://ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/news/arduino-time-server/ Faros runs a > check on all available NTP servers connected to the PC. For some > reason, it can no longer contact “localhost,” which I think is the > PC’s time service. Can anyone help me figure out what happened to > localhost? Also, is there a good program to monitor the time signals > from the Arduino server? I have it plugged into my WiFi router. I am > trying Dimension 4, but it cannot contact the time server at > 192.168.1.251. Richard _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go > to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and > follow the instructions there.

Hiya, Not to be pedantic... 192.168.x.x is one of three address ranges that routers are set to. Other ones are 172.(168-256).x.x and 10.x.x.x. If you're on Mac or Linux, you can run `ip a` or `ifconfig` and view all the IP addresses. If you're on Windows, you can use `ipconfig`. If your computer is 192.168.1.251, then that is basically equal to localhost. However, my personal bet is that 192.168.1.251 is another device on the network, so you're going to have to find out what device that is in order to diagnose why it can't contact it. To check the status of the Windows time service, hold down the Windows key and tap R, then type in `services.msc` in the box. Scroll down until you see the Windows Time Service. If it's shows as stopped, go ahead and start it. You can also stop & restart it, which might clear up any issues. On another note, should I ask the usual tech support question of "have you tried turning your pc off and back on again?" Feel free to contact me on- or off-list if you have any further questions. Thanks, Eamonn Nugent Bard '23 CTO, demilleTech Senior Developer, POSCON On Sun, Jan 26, 2020 at 11:04 PM WB6BNQ <wb6bnq@cox.net> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > The URL 192.168.xxx.xxx is a standard address that all routers are set > to from the factory. Usually few people ever changes that, so most > likely it is your router's address that it is referring to. > > I think that a first step would be to unplug your router, wait 2 > minutes, and then plug it back in and see if it clear some funny mode > that it may have gotten into. Failing that you may want to investigate > to see if there is some problem with the instrument that is attached to > that 192.168.1.251 address on your router. Perhaps it is your Arduino > time server which may have a problem. Failing that it may be a problem > with your firewall assignments. > > Then ask for more help! > > > Good luck, > > > Bill....WB6BNQ > > > On 1/26/2020 4:53 PM, Richard Mogford wrote: > > Hello I am using a program called Faros to monitor ham radio signals. > > It relies on accurate time. I built an Arduino time server from the > > instructions here: > > https://ukmeteornetwork.co.uk/news/arduino-time-server/ Faros runs a > > check on all available NTP servers connected to the PC. For some > > reason, it can no longer contact “localhost,” which I think is the > > PC’s time service. Can anyone help me figure out what happened to > > localhost? Also, is there a good program to monitor the time signals > > from the Arduino server? I have it plugged into my WiFi router. I am > > trying Dimension 4, but it cannot contact the time server at > > 192.168.1.251. Richard _______________________________________________ > > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go > > to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and > > follow the instructions there. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. >

On 2020-01-27 6:02, Eamonn Nugent wrote: > On another note, should I ask the usual tech support question of "have you > tried turning your pc off and back on again?" Well, usually the first thing they ask is "Have you correctly and firmly inserted the power plug into the wall socket ?" 8-) Alberto