ntp debugging output

[Joel Hammer]

Just so you can see how good life can be with ntp, here
is my local network time server:

=LOCAL(0)        127.0.0.0        7   64  377 0.00000  0.000000 0.00093
*ntp1.usno.navy. 68.33.11.8       1 1024  377 0.04439 -0.000950 0.01483
=proxy.cc.vt.edu 68.33.11.8       2 1024  377 0.02205 -0.001878 0.01483
=lennier.cc.vt.e 68.33.11.8       2 1024  277 0.16782  0.072760 0.01547

And, my formerly bad client:

     remote           local      st poll reach  delay   offset    disp
=======================================================================
*jhammer6.hammer 192.168.1.11     2 1024  377 0.00063 -0.000539 0.01482

I take this to mean that my network time server is within a
millisec of a level 1 time server, and my client is within
a millisec of my network time server.

Life is good.

Now, if I just knew what dispersion (jitter) stood for.

Of course, my computer display (KDE) only shows time in
intervals of 1 second, so it is pathetically inadequate
by comparison.  Does anyone know if there is a way to get
it to display in tenths of a second?


Joel