Windows XP not sync-ing with my linux ntp server

[James McDonald]

> On 12/26/06, Man-wai CHANG <mwchang at i-cable.com> wrote:
>>
>> root at www:/etc# ntpq -p
>>      remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset
>> jitter
>> ==============================================================================
>>  203.129.68.14   192.168.51.200   2 u   57   64    1   15.354  -63.233
>>  0.002
>>  syrte8.obspm.fr 134.157.254.19   2 u   58   64    1  436.246   -4.995
>>  0.002
>>  metasweb01.admi 162.23.3.170     3 u   56   64    1  337.632  -47.248
>>  0.002
>>
>> WinXP said "peer stratum is lower than host stratum"....
>
> Windoze probably thinks it's stratum 1.  Try reconfiguring the Windoze
> box to stratum 3 or lower.
>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314054/

Use w32tm on the XP client to query time settings the above article can
help you reconfigure the client to talk NTP instead of SNTP.


-- 
James McDonald
Telarah NSW Australia