On 2018-10-25, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote: > Now this machine shows for ntpq -p: > remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter >============================================================================== > +159.203.158.197 45.33.103.94 3 u 59 64 3 19.551 -1.356 61.116 > *tick.mdacore.ne 130.207.244.240 2 u 61 64 3 30.488 -2.042 3.042 > -ntp3.junkemailf 216.218.254.202 2 u 59 64 3 82.196 -7.491 2.306 > +208.76.53.137 216.218.254.202 2 u 64 64 3 40.852 -2.476 0.889 > 192.168.71.255 .BCST. 16 u - 64 0 0.000 0.000 0.000 > > But should the .BCST. be a 16 ?? Or is that just the nature of the beast? >>
>From what I can grok, yes, the .BCST line is normal because that is the broadcast address for the sub-net to which you are broadcasting, and ntpd cannot sync to itself (default stratum 16). I can't seem to find an example of a ntpq -p output that has a .BCST address with a stratum other than 16 (maybe I'm not looking hard enough) which leads me to believe it's okey-dokey. Famous last words: I don't really know anything about this and so could be partially, if not all, wet. -- "Now she understood that Anna could not have been in lilac, and that her charm was just that she always stood out against her attire, that her dress could never be noticeable on her." Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
