On 2012-03-22, David J Taylor <david-tay...@blueyonder.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > "Harlan Stenn" <st...@ntp.org> wrote in message > news:e1satsh-000mhb...@stenn.ntp.org... >>> My take is the precision output might say your device is -19 so you >>> know its accuracy is around 2/microseconds. But the offset several >>> decimal places allows you to see its ever changing accuracy within >>> that 2/microsecond band to a greater detail than just -1, 0, or 1 >>> microseconds. I guess its just a matter of getting more granular >>> details for cool MRTG charting. :) >> >> Except it's not - it's really just "noise" and one must be careful about >> interpreting it as "signal". >> >> H > > Until you can measure it you don't really know. Suppose the -19 reported > by NTP isn't actually the correct value for the system?
Measure what? Why do you think that ntp reporting the offset with an extra three decimal points would allow you to measure anything? What in your mind would you expect to see in that output that would allow you to "measure" something that would tell you that the -19 was wrong? Remember ntpd DID measure something in order to determine that -19. What do you think the extra decimal places would give you? > > Cheers, > David > _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions