[ntp:questions] Basic Question - how to verify whether a new NTP server is ready to serve time?

[Richard B. gilbert]

April wrote:
> xntpd - like to know how to check on the server and to verify from
> another server (kind acts like a NTP client) .. thanks in advance.
> 

Point a client at your new server and see if the client finds it 
acceptable.  If the client is willing to accept the server as a 
synchronization source, the server is OK.