Mischanko, Edward T wrote:
Some of the servers NTP selects have offsets that are higher than the majority;
These might be the ones with the most correct time. A high offset only indicates a poor time if you are certain that the local time is absolutely correct.
Why are they being selected?
Because they have times that are consistent with the times from all the other selected ones and NTP_MAXCLOCKS in ntpd.h hasn't been reached.
Why are so many being selected when I really want the best 5 or 6.
How is ntpd to determine that they are the best ones. A high offset may simply mean the local time is wrong.
# Miscellaneous stuff tinker allan 7 tos minclock 4 minsane 3
It is tos maxclock, but it doesn't seem to be documented in at least some versions of the HTML.
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