> At my QTH both of those servers are Stratum 2 and within a few hundredths > of a second of the Right Time. > > Odd that you see them as Stratum 3, maybe you've got a firewall pulling > tricks on you :-). > > The best way to configure a NTP client is with multiple (preferably > 3 or 4) servers, ideally nearby network-wise and diverse time-source > wise. It's pretty sad how almost all stratum 1's are locked to GPS > these days. If your NTP software doesn't support multiple servers, > it is REALLY REALLY a good idea to move to something that does... > hint: check out http://www.ntp.org/ > > Tim.
They do show as stratum 2. That text is showing that my PC is stratum 3. The Meinberg software is a Windows port of the NTP software. It is configured to use three servers from the pool at ntp.org. server 0.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 1.us.pool.ntp.org iburst server 2.us.pool.ntp.org iburst _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list time-nuts@febo.com https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts