Hi Matthew
Its neither, its actually you not understanding what peer means. Peer is
effectively the next time server (or servers) up the chain,
so generally they will be different by one. To see what peer means, type in
ntpq, then type in peer. That will list the peers of your server and their
strata, NOT the stratum of your server. The main usage of peers is to make sure
you are getting time from the correct source or sources. If it is only showing
local sources for example it indicates you have lost contact with the external
ntp sources and are just using the hardware clock.
Paul Willis
>>> Matthew Pounsett <m...@conundrum.com> 29/12/11 16:16 >>>
It looks like I'm seeing a problem with the check_ntp_peer plugin, and the way
it reports stratum. It seems to be reducing the stratum by one on every server
it checks.
% ntpq -c readvar | grep stratum
system="FreeBSD/8.2-RELEASE-p4", leap=00, stratum=3, precision=-19,
% ./check_ntp_peer -H localhost -W 3:3
NTP WARNING: Offset 0.007225 secs,
stratum=2|offset=0.007225s;60.000000;120.000000; stratum=2;3;16;0;16
% ssh linuxbox ntpq -c readvar | grep stratum
processor="x86_64", system="Linux/2.6.32-36-server", leap=00, stratum=3,
% ./check_ntp_peer -H linuxbox -W 3:3
NTP WARNING: Offset -0.02112 secs,
stratum=2|offset=-0.021120s;60.000000;120.000000; stratum=2;3;16;0;16
Is this a bug somewhere, or have I misunderstood the function of -W and -C?
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