NTP syncing
Michael
stuff at dustsmoke.com
Tue Sep 21 07:54:40 UTC 2004
> Hi Paul,
>
> Looks like it is working. I got the following output from ntpstat:
>
> synchronised to local net at stratum 11
> time correct to within 12 ms
> polling server every 64 s
>
> Thanks for the advice on ntpdate. I've added that info to
> /etc/ntp/step-tickers.
>
> I really appreciate your taking the time to help me here.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
That means you are sync'd with your hardware clock which by default is
stratum 10 on Fedora.
It takes a little longer to sync with the other servers. But the thing is
you are syncing to stratum 1 servers to be stratum 2 yourself. You don't
need to do that and only add more bandwidth to something that is going to
only give you a few more miliseconds of accuracy. Sync to stratum 2 or
higher if that is only a local ntp server.
I usually sync to a ntp pool if I have to sync a desktop to something over
the net. (or past my ISP)
http://www.pool.ntp.org/
I suggest doing the same. (and everybody else I saw with tick and tock on
their ntp conf files) It is a rare occourance that you need that much
accuracy.
- Michael
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