Regarding ntpq command output on HP-UX

[srikanth_20]

Hi,
When we execute ntpq -n -p command on a server it shows the NTP servers with which the time gets synchrnized.
* in the output signifies that the time is being with that NTP server or synchronization has been done.
Our problem is in the output we are getting
#
in the man we checked it says
"selected for synchronization,but distance exceeds maximum" what it means exactly.
Will the time will be synchronized with respect to that # server.
How to get rid of this # symbol in the output.
Kindly clarify our doubts.

regards
srikanth

[Yogeeraj_1]

hi srikanth,

have a look at the attached document

kind regards
yogeeraj

[Ivan Ferreira]

See:

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90774/ch04s02.html#chbbcgeb

I think that the number of hops to the selected server is too high, use traceroute to verify the path to the host. Try choosing another NTP server.

[Ivan Ferreira]

Sorry, distance is not the number of hops to the server, but the number of hops to reach a primary time server, see:

http://www.akadia.com/services/ntp_synchronize.html