[ntp:questions] Meinberg NTP monitor, silly question
G8KBV
g8kbv at nospam-uko2.co.uk
Sun Dec 20 11:39:09 UTC 2009
In article <hgknu7$cia$1 at news.eternal-september.org>,
david at ex.djwhome.demon.invalid says...
>
> G8KBV wrote:
>
> > A silly question if I may, and yes I've been poking arround the Meinberg
> > website and forum for hours, and can't find the answer. Likewise the
> > (non existant) help within the program, though I'm *sure* I've seen text
> > on this somewhere, but can't find it at the moment.
>
> These are standard ntpq status codes. I assume the authors assumed that
> you would be familiar with ntpq, as you need it for any active debugging
> of the configuration.
>
> >
> > Re the status column in the 'NTP Status' tab.
> >
> > I think a * means that this server is being used as the reference.
> > + signals a posible candidate for use as a reference.
>
> + means that it is being used to set the time, but isn't the one peer
> used to define stratum, root delay, etc. in downstream packets.
>
> > - = will not be used (for whatever reason)
> >
Re: "I assume the authors assumed that you would be familiar with ntpq"
:-)
As I have learnt and been reminded of *Many* times. Never make
assumptions in regards to others abilities!
Best Regards.
Dave Baxter.
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