ntptrace

ntptrace(8)							  ntptrace(8)



NAME
       ntptrace - trace a chain of NTP servers back to the primary source


SYNOPSIS
       ntptrace [ -n ] [ server ]


DESCRIPTION
       ntptrace	 determines  where a given Network Time Protocol (NTP) server
       gets its time from, and follows the chain of NTP servers back to their
       master  time  source. If given no arguments, it starts with localhost.
       Here is an example of the output from ntptrace:

       % ntptrace
       localhost: stratum 4, offset 0.0019529, synch distance 0.144135
       server2ozo.com: stratum 2, offset 0.0124263, synch distance 0.115784
       usndh.edu: stratum 1, offset 0.0019298, synch distance 0.011993, refid ’WWVB’

       On each line, the fields are (left to right): the host name, the	 host
       stratum, the time offset between that host and the local host (as mea-
       sured by ntptrace; this is why it is not always zero for "localhost"),
       the  host  synchronization  distance, and (only for stratum-1 servers)
       the reference clock ID. All times are given in seconds. Note that  the
       stratum	is the server hop count to the primary source, while the syn-
       chronization distance is the estimated error relative to	 the  primary
       source. These terms are precisely defined in RFC-1305.


OPTIONS
       -n      Turns  off  the	printing  of  host  names;  instead,  host IP
	       addresses are given. This may be useful	if  a  nameserver  is
	       down.


BUGS
       This  program  makes  no attempt to improve accuracy by doing multiple
       samples.


SEE ALSO
       ntpd(8)

       Primary source of documentation: /usr/share/doc/ntp-*

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