On Saturday 27 October 2007, Dennis Hilberg, Jr. wrote: > Nelson Minar wrote: > > you seem to understand this well. Is there some good documentation I've > > overlooked about what all the various measurement variables from ntpd > > mean? The good ol' packaged docs with the ntpd distribution are a bit > > opaque and incomplete, or maybe I've just missed something. > > > > I'm asking because I'm trying to do some survey of the NTP pool clocks > > to determine their quality and behaviour. I've started with sysinfo > > reports, realizing now there's some more data I wish I had. >
i just discovered this one and it was extremely helpful. http://networking.ringofsaturn.com/Protocols/ntp.php > First of all, I'm not an expert on ntp. I'd recommend posting in the > comp.protocols.time.ntp newsgroup with any specific ntp-related questions. > David Mills and other ntp contributors and time nuts frequent there, and can > probably answer any question you have about ntp. > > The 'ntpq' man page is helpful, and describes some of the NTPv4 variables, > http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/ntp/html/ntpq.html . It is somewhat vague > though, as is most of the ntpd-related documentation like you mentioned. > Other than that, you'll have to read the RFC to get explanations on the > rest, http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1305.html . > > Can't you get the information from 'ntpq' that you need for your pool > survey? Most of the information in the 'ntpdc -c sysinfo' output is > available in the 'ntpq -crv' output, and then some. > > -- > Dennis Hilberg, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] > NTP Server Information: http://saturn.dennishilberg.com/ntp.php > _______________________________________________ > timekeepers mailing list > [email protected] > https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers > -- Chuck "...and the hordes of M$*ft users descended upon me in their anger, and asked 'Why do you not get the viruses or the BlueScreensOfDeath or insecure system troubles and slowness or pay through the nose for an OS as *we* do?!!', and I answered...'I use Linux'. " The Book of John, chapter 1, page 1, and end of book _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
