>> Why do they need to differ by steps of 2? > >Because a server running off the local clock will report the server's >stratum as one higher then the clock's. So a backup server with a >local clock only one stratum higher than the primary's will have two >sources at the same level to choose from: its own local clock, and >the primary server.
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