Re: [ntp:questions] Question on ntpd -g -q option and Step Threshold

2010-11-18 Thread Hal Murray
In article 0a89d263-0355-4dee-8c9c-b4912076d...@w38g2000pri.googlegroups.com, SteveW qsw...@email.mot.com writes: I wanted to confirm that my understanding of the step threshold and how it applies to ntpd used with -g -q options (similar to ntpdate) is correct. With the default step threshold of

Re: [ntp:questions] Question on ntpd -g -q option and Step Threshold

2010-11-15 Thread Chuck Swiger
On Nov 15, 2010, at 12:29 PM, SteveW wrote: With the default step threshold of 128 ms, if a machine's time is within 128 ms of the ntp server's time, when it syncs with the server, will it exit from ntpd -g -q without stepping the clock? That should be the case. If the offset is less than