[ntp:questions] time accuracy and stratum
David Woolley
david at ex.djwhome.demon.invalid
Mon Apr 6 10:01:17 UTC 2020
On 06/04/2020 11:00, David Woolley wrote:
> On 25/03/2020 17:43, Jérôme Perrin wrote:
>> I need to understand the time accuracy for a client of a given stratum
>> (5).
>> The information for accuracy is retrieved from ntpstat command.
>
> The accuracy only indirectly depends on stratum.
>
> The time is likely to be within +/- root dispersion of the locally
> reported time. Normally it will be a lot better, but it can also be worse.
>
That should have been root distance, not root dispersion.
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