jjxjjx wrote: > Help! > > i got this message when trying to sync system clocks on win 2003. > > Using ethereal i see packets between client and server. > Client is intruducing itself as Client but has Stratum 1 > Server is intruducing itself as Server bu has Stratum 15 > We configured server with some NTP server tool that has reference to > Local System time on server. > > > Is it possible to force stratum on machine? >
Your server has stratum 15 because it is not synchronized!! No idea why your client is claiming stratum 1; it should not be unless it is being synchronized by a hardware reference clock. NTP was not designed to synchronize clocks to each other. It was designed to synchronize clocks to UTC. That clients have the same time is a happy consequence of the postulate "things equal to the same thing are equal to each other"! The most recent version of ntpd supports an "orphan mode" for use in isolated networks. It don't know how to configure it; see the documentation (links at http://www.ntp.org/) If you insist on abusing the tool, the ready made "solution" is to configure your "server" as a client of the the "client" that is claiming stratum 1. Of course this will break if the "client" ever stops claiming a stratum it is not entitled to. And PLEASE do not connect this mess to the internet!!! (Somebody might believe that bogus stratum 1!) _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
