Joseph Gwinn wrote: > In article <[email protected]>, > "Richard B. Gilbert" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Joseph Gwinn wrote: >>> In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Danny Mayer) >>> wrote: >>> > [snip] >>> 3. The original question was how to interpret a specific status code, >>> 9514. I read the explanation in the documentation, but became no wiser >>> for it. Thus my question. >>> >>> If there isn't a NTP FAQ entry on this, there probably should be. Our >>> sysadmins were flummoxed by the cloud of 5914 codes, and they are far >>> too busy to undertake a research project. (The deeper problem is that >>> some managers believe that NTP is plug and play, which isn't quite true.) >>> >>> >>> The various answers and questions I've gotten have been quite useful, as >>> they give me a list of things to think about and investigate, things I >>> might not have thought of, or soon thought of. >>> >>> Joe Gwinn >> Joe, >> >> You need to proofread your message text a little more carefully!! >> >> Which error are you ACTUALLY getting? You say 9514 and then 5914! >> Which is it? > > You're right, but it wouldn't help, for an odd reason. > > The status code is 9514. > > But I have a Clausing 5914 lathe. > > Inherent dyslexia inducer. > > >> Also, you might try Google with the FULL and EXACT text of the error >> message! > > It's "9514", pulled from a field in peerstats records. Think I'll get > many false hits? Qualifying 9514 with peerstats brought me back to this > thread. > > So, tried "Maximum Distance Exceded", got led back to this exact news > thread. > > But let's say I did find some relevant hits. This is the Internet. How > would I know which hits to believe? >
I would be influenced by who wrote it and who disagreed with him! > The FAQ has to be the place for such explanations. I'm not sure if this qualifies as an FAQ as I don't recall that it has come up before. FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
