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| − | Most tools combine | + | Most tools combine both the server and the client. The reason is that NTP is designed to observer time drift on a host, and get time data from multiple hosts as to achieve higher accuracy. |
The most common server/client is [http://www.ntp.org/downloads.html ntpd]. | The most common server/client is [http://www.ntp.org/downloads.html ntpd]. | ||
Latest revision as of 22:52, 23 March 2014
NTP is the Network Time Protocol.
For details about the protocol, see Wikipedia, the NTP documentation or RFC 5905.
Tools
Most tools combine both the server and the client. The reason is that NTP is designed to observer time drift on a host, and get time data from multiple hosts as to achieve higher accuracy.
The most common server/client is ntpd.
If required, the ntpclient tool can be used to simply retrieve the time from a server and set the local time.
ntpq, ntptrace, and ntpdc can be used to get info about the upstream server.
~% ntpq -p 172.25.129.2
remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter
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*85.12.35.12 193.79.237.14 2 u 272 512 377 16.528 0.399 1.124
+ntp0.mediamatic 193.67.79.202 2 u 337 512 377 17.050 -0.308 5.401
+hosted.by.pcext 193.190.230.65 2 u 311 512 377 17.397 0.096 0.064
~% ntptrace 172.25.129.2 wolfje.macfreek.nl: stratum 3, offset -0.000100, synch distance 0.042799 ntp0.mediamatic.nl: stratum 2, offset -0.000069, synch distance 0.026469 ntp0.nl.uu.net: stratum 1, offset 0.000000, synch distance 0.000297, refid 'PPS'
