[ntp:questions] New ntp Server
Miroslav Lichvar
mlichvar at redhat.com
Thu Dec 8 11:50:23 UTC 2011
On Thu, Dec 08, 2011 at 07:53:15AM +0000, Mark C. Stephens wrote:
> Hello Sir Unrah,
>
>
> I just use ntpq -p. I am using Dave Harts rather excellent port to windows:
>
> C:\Program Files\NTP\bin>ntpq -p
> remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
> ==============================================================================
> *GPS_NMEA(1) .GPS. 0 l 1 16 377 0.000 -0.139 0.059
> oPPS(1) .PPS. 0 l - 16 377 0.000 -0.007 0.002
>
> I restarted ntpd a couple of hours ago so these number will improve.
>
> That is a good question, are we talking seconds for offset and jitter here?
They are milliseconds. If ntpd on Windows can really keep the clock
stable to to ~10 microseconds, the recent suggestion posted here to
never use Windows for serious timekeeping might need to be revisited.
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Miroslav Lichvar
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