Is there any way to prevent chrony stratum plus one? When using chrony, I synchronize the time from the clock source of stratum=2. Is there any way to prevent my machine from stratum=3, but stratum is equal to 2? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > this is my machine MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample ===================================================================================== ^* 10.211.55.22 3 6 377 51 -1374us[-2993us] +/- 179ms > this is the External clock source MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample ===================================================================================== ^* cn.ntp.faelix.net 2 7 377 129 +231us[+2929us] +/- 216ms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NTP stratum levels are incremented at each "hop" \-- since you're synchronized to a stratum 2 device, your stratum is calculated to be 3.

From the NTP How does it work? FAQ:

> Basically (and from the perspective from a client) it [ _stratum_ ] is the number of servers to a reference clock.
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> A server synchronized to a stratum n server will be running at stratum n + 1. The upper limit for stratum is 15. The purpose of stratum is to avoid synchronization loops by preferring servers with a lower stratum.