From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG  Mon Aug  2 21:45:56 2010
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BD57E106566C
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon,  2 Aug 2010 21:45:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gull@gull.us)
Received: from mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net
	[69.17.117.49]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 951DD8FC18
	for <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>;
	Mon,  2 Aug 2010 21:45:56 +0000 (UTC)
Received: (qmail 8058 invoked from network); 2 Aug 2010 21:45:55 -0000
Received: from dsl081-163-112.sea1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO ringbill.gull.us)
	([64.81.163.112]) (envelope-sender <gull@gull.us>)
	by mail5.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted
	SMTP for <edflecko@gmail.com>; 2 Aug 2010 21:45:55 -0000
Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=www.gull.us)
	by ringbill.gull.us with esmtp (Exim 4.71 (FreeBSD))
	(envelope-from <gull@gull.us>)
	id 1Og2pV-0008GH-Ua; Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:45:54 -0700
Received: from d-69-91-159-43.dhcp4.washington.edu ([69.91.159.43])
	(SquirrelMail authenticated user gull) by www.gull.us with HTTP;
	Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:45:54 -0700
Message-ID: <9c383d62ef38191fd3a77eded9d96628.squirrel@www.gull.us>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTinyo=_Hf27vaqqBUc8523v5Z+G5HcPXrG9KsHqG@mail.gmail.com>
References: <AANLkTinyo=_Hf27vaqqBUc8523v5Z+G5HcPXrG9KsHqG@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 14:45:54 -0700
From: "David Brodbeck" <gull@gull.us>
To: "Ed Flecko" <edflecko@gmail.com>
User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.20
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Importance: Normal
Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: How to confirm/deny ntp is working?
X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: User questions <freebsd-questions.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-questions-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2010 21:45:56 -0000

On Mon, August 2, 2010 1:23 pm, Ed Flecko wrote:
> 3.) How do you confirm that FreeeBSD is, in fact, keeping time?

Run ntpq, then type "peers" at the prompt.

You should see some peers listed.  If ntp's been running for a while, one
of them should have an asterisk next to it (this is the one with which the
system is currently synchronizing) and the "offset" column should show a
fairly small number, usually within +/- 100 ms.  For example, here's the
output from my machine:

     remote           refid      st t when poll reach   delay   offset 
jitter
==============================================================================
+cheezum.mattnor 24.56.178.140    2 u  803 1024  377   79.195  -39.637  
7.575
*dione.cbane.org 66.220.9.122     2 u  844 1024  377   34.034  -41.063  
8.513
 LOCAL(0)        .LOCL.          10 l   45   64  377    0.000    0.000  
0.004