[ntp:questions] CDMA Wireless Card as NTP source

Uwe Klein uwe_klein_habertwedt at t-online.de
Sat Aug 29 09:38:32 UTC 2009


Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> rhuddusa wrote:
> 
>> I'm looking to build a home NTP server.  I can't use GPS because of my
>> location in a city apartment building.  I was wondering, if you could
>> buy a cheap CDMA wireless card and use that as an NTP time source?
> 
> 
> I've never seen or heard of a "CDMA wireless card".  I suppose its 
> possible for such a thing to exist.  I believe that there are devices 

GSM or CDMA phone "modem" usually in PCMCIA/PC-CARD format.

No idea if you can get at the timing information ( via
the extended AT command set of the modem or some direct
register accesses to the card )


uwe




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