This article is intended for those working towards highly accurate latency measurements. For purely functional or even throughput tests, the default macOS configuration is sufficient.
Step 1 disable OS-default time sync
The screen below is reachable from the Settings dialog. Disable "Set date and time automatically". This functionality will be done by Chrony.

Step 2 Install and configure software
We recommend installing Chrony from homebrew. This is a more modern NTP application that incorporates advanced synchronization methods that work better compared to the default ones.
To get started, install
Next configure chrony. To this end create the file /etc/chrony.conf
with following contents.
server <NTP server address> maxpoll 6 iburst
Starting chrony goes as follows.
mkdir /var/run/chrony
chronyd
The following command allows to check whether the time-sync works:
excentis@macos-bigsur-m1-1 ~ % chronyc sources
MS Name/IP address Stratum Poll Reach LastRx Last sample
===============================================================================
^* debian.lab.byteblower.ex> 2 6 377 59 -22us[ -25us] +/- 495us
The '^*' indicates that the server has been selected as time references. The following statiscs provide more info of the last time sync.
Starting Wireless Endpoint
The Wireless Endpoint can be used in the same way as before.
The latest binaries are available on the setup pages.
Caveats and Expected performance

- Avoid using the Wired interface for test traffic.
Large network loads on this interface introduce delays and make the time-synchronization more difficult.
- macOS is not a realtime operating system. The OS occasionally adds large (40ms +) delays.