How can I make sure the router rut956 is well ntp synchronised

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Hello, I’m currently trying to make sure the router is well ntp synchronised to my server and also that the router is well working as ntp server

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Greetings,

The best way I found after testing to check, is to firstly enter

date into SSH (CLI) of the device to see if it’s showing the correct time.

You can then manually force an NTPD sync with the following command (you may change the hostname if you wish)

ntpd -dn -q -p time1.google.com

You should receive a reply, similar to this:

ntpd: reply from 216.239.35.0: offset:-0.002892 delay:0.049301 status:0x24 strat:1 refid:0x474f4f47 rootdelay:0.000000 reach:0x03

  • offset:-0.002892 → Your router’s clock is off by ~2.9 milliseconds, which is negligible.
  • delay:0.049301 → The round-trip delay in contacting the NTP server was ~49ms.
  • status:0x24 → The NTP status indicates the connection is synchronized.
  • strat:1 → The NTP server (Google) is a Stratum 1 server (highly accurate).
  • refid:0x474f4f47 → The reference ID confirms it’s syncing with Google’s time source.
  • rootdelay:0.000000 → No additional delay from the root NTP source.
  • reach:0x03 → This means the router has successfully reached the NTP server at least once.

Regards,
M