From: "milton_aupperle" <milton@outcastsoft.com>

Date: October 4, 2009 6:59:38 PM MDT

To: Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com

Subject: Re: Getting more accurate system clock times.

Hi Rodolphe;

The issue I have with ntptrace is that it times out a lot on my Machines. I rarely ever get anything back except:

nothing received

***Request timed out

I'm not sure if it's because I have a fire wall enabled on my router or if the NTP server is too busy, but I find it not reliable.

TTYL..

Milton Aupperle

--- In Astro_IIDC@yahoogroups.com, Rodolphe Pineau <pineau@...> wrote:

You can also use the ntptrace command :

[ ~/] # ntptrace

localhost: stratum 3, offset 0.003917, synch distance 0.092727

173-13-139-105-sfba.hfc.comcastbusiness.net: stratum 2, offset  

-0.001146, synch distance 0.049717

clock.sjc.he.net: stratum 1, offset 0.000000, synch distance 0.000434,  

refid 'CDMA'

This will give you your sync distance and offset for all servers  

between you and the stratum 1 server.

Regards,

Rodolphe

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