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diff --git a/contrib/ntp/html/ntptrace.htm b/contrib/ntp/html/ntptrace.htm deleted file mode 100644 index 28313a5..0000000 --- a/contrib/ntp/html/ntptrace.htm +++ /dev/null @@ -1,91 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN"> -<html> -<head> -<meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org"> -<title>ntptrace - trace a chain of NTP servers back to the primary -source</title> -</head> -<body> -<h3><tt>ntptrace</tt> - trace a chain of NTP servers back to the -primary source</h3> - -<img align="left" src="pic/alice13.gif" alt="gif"><a href= -"http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~mills/pictures.htm">from <i>Alice's -Adventures in Wonderland</i>, Lewis Carroll</a> - -<p>The rabbit knows the way back.<br clear="left"> -</p> - -<hr> -<h4>Synopsis</h4> - -<tt>ntptrace [ -vdn ] [ -r <i>retries</i> ] [ -t <i>timeout</i> ] [ -<i>server</i> ]</tt> - -<h4>Description</h4> - -<p><tt>ntptrace</tt> 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 <tt>localhost</tt>. Here is an example of the output -from <tt>ntptrace</tt>:</p> - -<pre> -% 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' -</pre> - -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 measured by <tt>ntptrace</tt>; this is why it is not always -zero for "<tt>localhost</tt>"), 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 synchronization distance is the -estimated error relative to the primary source. These terms are -precisely defined in RFC-1305. - -<h4>Options</h4> - -<dl> -<dt><tt>-d</tt></dt> - -<dd>Turns on some debugging output.</dd> - -<dt><tt>-n</tt></dt> - -<dd>Turns off the printing of host names; instead, host IP -addresses are given. This may be useful if a nameserver is -down.</dd> - -<dt><tt>-r <i>retries</i></tt></dt> - -<dd>Sets the number of retransmission attempts for each host -(default = 5).</dd> - -<dt><tt>-t <i>timeout</i></tt></dt> - -<dd>Sets the retransmission timeout (in seconds) (default = -2).</dd> - -<dt><tt>-v</tt></dt> - -<dd>Prints verbose information about the NTP servers.</dd> -</dl> - -<h4>Bugs</h4> - -This program makes no attempt to improve accuracy by doing multiple -samples. - -<hr> -<a href="index.htm"><img align="left" src="pic/home.gif" alt= -"gif"></a> -<address><a href="mailto:mills@udel.edu">David L. Mills -<mills@udel.edu></a></address> -</body> -</html> - |
