[ntp:questions] Re: NTP Time Server for LAN: Broadcasting or Not?
Danny Mayer
mayer at gis.net
Tue Oct 5 02:40:45 UTC 2004
"W. D." <NewsGroups at US-Webmasters.com> wrote in message news:<416106CE.6E4E at US-Webmasters.com>...
> Hi Folks,
>
> I've got a FreeBSD - NTP time server configured on my small LAN. Here's
> some output:
>
> ntpq> pe
> remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset
> jitter
> ===============================================================================
> +navobs1.wustl.e .USNO. 1 u 41 64 333 178.181 -51.694
> 131.381
> +india.colorado. .ACTS. 1 u 37 64 377 192.120 84.779
> 45.140
> *navobs1.oar.net .USNO. 1 u 106 64 376 191.750 114.124
> 110.657
> +now.cis.okstate .PSC. 1 u 40 64 377 192.337 118.809
> 53.212
> 192.168.2.255 .BCST. 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000
> 4000.00
>
> ntpq> rv
> status=06e4 leap_none, sync_ntp, 14 events, event_peer/strat_chg,
> version="ntpd 4.2.0 at 1.1161-r Sat Oct 2 18:23:29 CDT 2004 (1)",
> processor="i386", system="FreeBSD/4.9-RELEASE", leap=00, stratum=2,
> precision=-17, rootdelay=190.042, rootdispersion=208.241, peer=46454,
> refid=navobs1.oar.net,
> reftime=c50b792b.ab128f86 Mon, Oct 4 2004 2:24:27.668, poll=6,
> clock=c50b7a1e.c01e94b3 Mon, Oct 4 2004 2:28:30.750, state=4,
> offset=-23.313, frequency=-432.127, jitter=165.282, stability=110.396
>
> How does one tell if this server is broadcasting properly?
>
You look at the clients.
> How often does it broadcast?
>
I'd like to know that myself. Looks like I'm going to have to dig
into the code to find that out.
> Is there a way to control how often it broadcasts?
>
Unlikely without changing the source code.
> Also, the '*' and '+' tend to disappear and reappear. Is this
> possibly due to network congestion?
>
It could be because of any number of factors. network congestion is
just one possibility.
Danny
> Thanks for your assistance!
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