http://tech.kulish.com/2007/10/30/ntp-ntpq-output-explained/

Simon Smith wrote:

Hi People,

hoping someone can explain this in stupid terms for me…

I’ve added in the ntpd script to watch a few of our servers and I’ve noticed one of our servers the offset is high then low then high then low

can someone explain to me how to NTP works and what is the offset, Jitter, Noise, Stability ?

sorry to ask a stupid question!

im only 21 and I am currently doing a degree in networking ...

Regards

Simon
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