[ntp:questions] Setting up a Stratum in ntpd

Srikanth K srikanth.k at hp.com
Fri Apr 1 13:45:45 UTC 2005


Brad,

Thanks a lot for your valuable comments.

It indeed takes some time for the 'server ntpd' to propagate its stratum 
to its 'client ntpd'.

Regards,
-Srikanth K.



Brad Knowles wrote:

> At 10:48 AM +0530 2005-04-01, Srikanth K wrote:
>
>>  My question: Is there any way through which i can make the stratum
>>  value of machine 'B' as 1 ?
>
>
>     Technically, that is most likely do-able.  However, that is an 
> exceedingly bad idea.  In the scenario you have outlined, machine B 
> may have sync'ed to machine A, but it has not yet gathered enough 
> information to be able to turn around and provide time information to 
> clients of it's own.  You need to give it that time.
>
>     Assuming that everything else goes as it should, then the stratum 
> of machine A should get propagated through correctly to machine B, and 
> then through to the clients of machine B.
>
>
>     If you want to speed up the synchronization of machine B (so that 
> it can provide time more quickly to its clients), then I'd recommend 
> you take a look at the instructions at 
> <http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Support/StartingNTP>.
>
>     However, you should also take a look at the instructions at 
> <http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Support/DesigningYourNTPNetwork> and 
> especially 
> <http://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Support/SelectingOffsiteNTPServers> to 
> make sure that you have specified a sufficient number of upstream time 
> servers for your application.
>




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