[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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