[ntp:questions] Checking NTP status quickly

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid
Sat Apr 30 13:50:41 UTC 2011


"David J Taylor" <david-taylor at blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message 
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> I have an application where it would be desirable to check that NTP is 
> installed and running, and that the offset reported by NTP is within, 
> say, one second.  So we don't need millisecond precision, just to have a 
> good idea that the PC's clock is correct within a second or so.  I'm 
> thinking that a mode-6 packet might do the job, but I have no experience 
> with control packets.  Is this the right way to go about things?
>
> Thanks,
> David

Yes, it works, I found some old code with control-packet handling.

Cheers,
David 




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