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.
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
