[ntp:questions] Re: Fudging localclock time2 (newbie answer)

dusty bin junkmail at mmscomms.demon.co.uk
Sun Aug 17 05:40:05 UTC 2003


junkmail at mmscomms.demon.co.uk (dusty bin) wrote in message news:<e426e73c.0308151427.40289591 at posting.google.com>...
[...]
> 
> The question is: should I also copy the drift value from ntp.drift 
> into:
> fudge localclock time2 driftvalue

The answer is no.

This information was unearthed in the thread 'Local NTP master' with a
clear statement by Dr. Mills in <3BE20D24.7D7F0A07 at udel.edu> that 'If
you have an external source to initially discipline the server time
and frequency, you don't need the fudge'.

Dusty



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