Re: What exactly does "Maximum Distance Exceded" mean?

In article <qo6dnZLJDv8z4CDUnZ2dnUVZ_hWWnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Joseph Gwinn wrote:
In article <nbWdnVXq_P-Y_iDUnZ2dnUVZ_tHinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Joseph Gwinn wrote:
In article <49BD3907.1080302@xxxxxxx>, mayer@xxxxxxx (Danny Mayer)
wrote:

[snip]
3. The original question was how to interpret a specific status code,
9514. I read the explanation in the documentation, but became no wiser
for it. Thus my question.

If there isn't a NTP FAQ entry on this, there probably should be. Our
sysadmins were flummoxed by the cloud of 5914 codes, and they are far
too busy to undertake a research project. (The deeper problem is that
some managers believe that NTP is plug and play, which isn't quite true.)


The various answers and questions I've gotten have been quite useful, as
they give me a list of things to think about and investigate, things I
might not have thought of, or soon thought of.

Joe Gwinn
Joe,

You need to proofread your message text a little more carefully!!

Which error are you ACTUALLY getting? You say 9514 and then 5914!
Which is it?

You're right, but it wouldn't help, for an odd reason.

The status code is 9514.

But I have a Clausing 5914 lathe.

Inherent dyslexia inducer.


Also, you might try Google with the FULL and EXACT text of the error
message!

It's "9514", pulled from a field in peerstats records. Think I'll get
many false hits? Qualifying 9514 with peerstats brought me back to this
thread.

So, tried "Maximum Distance Exceded", got led back to this exact news
thread.

But let's say I did find some relevant hits. This is the Internet. How
would I know which hits to believe?


I would be influenced by who wrote it and who disagreed with him!

But what if I listen to the loudest one?


The FAQ has to be the place for such explanations.

I'm not sure if this qualifies as an FAQ as I don't recall that it has
come up before. FAQ stands for Frequently Asked Questions.

RAQ then? Rarely Asked Questions

Seriously, I can't believe that I'm the only person in history to be
perplexed by these status codes, and those little three-word summaries
are a bit telegraphic.

Joe Gwinn
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