[ntp:questions] Re: The asymmetry strikes again!

David Woolley david at djwhome.demon.co.uk
Thu Jul 21 07:05:34 UTC 2005


In article <42DE729C.FD5AB0AC at raytheon.com>,
kinard at raytheon.com (Matt Kinard) wrote:

> Are we talking 20 ms or are we talking about 1 or 2 seconds? Is it

We are talking about the MAXDISTANCE parameter.  Beyond this, ntpd
will not use the server to set the time.  However, you have
serious problems if you hit that limit.

> contingent upon how asymmetric my network is? What is the threshold?

Obviously.  There is no threshold.  NB for typical ADSL usage, the
fast direction has longer delays than the slow direction because it
is more heavily loaded.




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