Hi all,
actually the root dispersion field from an NTP packet is only displayed
with 4 digits after the decimal point, i.e. 0.1 ms resolution.
However, modern NTP servers may provide a better root dispersion. E.g.,
if only the LSB in the scaled integer of an NTP packet is set then this
means ~15 microseconds (0.000015 s) root dispersion, but this is
currently displayed as 0.0000 s, even though the real value is *not* 0.
The relevant piece of code seems to be the line
proto_tree_add_double(ntp_tree, hf_ntp_rootdelay, tvb, 4, 4, rootdelay);
in function dissect_ntp_std() in file dissectors/packet_ntp.c.
I tried to add this as a feature request to bugzilla, but was unable to
register with bugzilla. :-(
Martin
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