Path: news.isc.org!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news2me.com!newsfeed.icl.net!news-lond.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!colt.net!news.nl.colt.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!amsnews11.chello.com!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!pe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk!blueyonder!pe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk!blueyonder!text.news.blueyonder.co.uk!53ab2750!not-for-mail From: "David J Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: comp.protocols.time.ntp References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: refid on client differs from refid on local server Lines: 20 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2670 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2670 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:45:20 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 82.41.36.58 X-Complaints-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Trace: text.news.blueyonder.co.uk 1134722720 82.41.36.58 (Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:45:20 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 08:45:20 GMT Xref: news.isc.org comp.protocols.time.ntp:39464
Danny Mayer wrote: [] >> Sigh. Please repeat after me: A refid is NOT an IP address, it's a >> 32-bit number that is used for loop prevention. [] David wrote: > It's very helpful to it as an IP address. Is there no way we could get > both? How? It's a 32 bit field. We can have IPv4 or a hashed IPv6 address there, and I don't believe the client can tell which it is. And I think it is now possible to have a refclock that is running at a stratum "worse" than S1. What is wrong with using ntptrace for this? H _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
