Ryan Malayter wrote: > On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 2:21 AM, David J Taylor > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I just checked Vista (Home Premium) and the built-in NTP does not >> respond to NTPQ requests. Does the one in Windows 2003 or 2008? >> Can any implementation which fails to respond to NTPQ commands be >> called "decent"? >> > > NTP mode 6 packets are an OPTIONAL part of the NTP specification in > RFC-1305, and RFC-1305 even goes so far as to suggest that mode 6 > packets be used only when other management and monitoring tools are > unavailable. Microsoft provides other management tools (w32tm, group > policy, event viewer, etc.), although they are barely sufficient. > > As far as I know, the reference implementation and its derivatives are > the *only* implementations supported by ntpq. Some of its functions > are even version-specific and not mentioned in any RFC, right? > > So asking you question the other way is just as valid: "Can any > implementation which fails to respond to "w32tm" commands be called > "decent"? Sounds silly.
Thanks for your input, Ryan. I'm really thinking of the management environment, where you have a single monitor system checking on a host of different clients. I guess the "correct" approach there would be if all the clients responded to SNMP requests, rather than using a proprietary protocol. For the moment, though, I would want an NTP client which could be monitored by NTPQ (although only the offset is of routine interest to me). Cheers, David _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
