> > > Don't worry about it. The stratum is really just there for loop-detection > > > (your server will be $who_you_sync_with + 1). The important measures for > > > your > > > time keeping performance are offset/jitter and availability. > > > > Eeeerrr... are you sure? AFAIK the selection algorithm prefers > > the lowest possible stratum refclock. > > No, the selection algorithm doesn't care. Why would it? Just because my > computer claims to a stratum 1 server synced via RND doesn't mean it knows > what time it is.
You can easily convince me of this if you present a screenshot. :-) Run "ntpq -p" on several hosts and find a "*" marked refclock that has not the lowest stratum level of currently available servers. Regards Gabor _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
