[ntp:questions] Re: HowTo calibrate system clock frequency using NTP
David L. Mills
mills at udel.edu
Wed Feb 1 03:44:50 UTC 2006
Daniel,
Looks like you have a sign reversal. Better recheck your math.
The ntpdate is deprecated and replaced by sntp in recent versions. I
hear it was eaten by a Grue and if you know what that means, you have
some idea how ancient ntpdate had become.
Dave
Daniel Kabs wrote:
> Hello Professor Mills,
>
> now I have a plan :-) Thank you.
>
> I copied your valuable instructions into the NTP wiki at
>
> https://ntp.isc.org/bin/view/Support/HowToCalibrateSystemClockUsingNTP
>
>
> I wonder why your procedures do not use "ntpdate". Is it because
> "ntpdate" is to be retired soon from your ntp distribution? Or will
> "ntpdate" fail to provide data as precise as ntpd? Indeed, I see a
> difference when I compare the drift file value against the offset
> measured by ntpdate:
>
> A) I had ntp running for one day against a time server. The value in the
> drift file converged monotonously to -268.173. This gives a clock error
> of -23.17 s/day.
>
> B) I configured ntp in order to serve the pseudo local clock. I
> periodically measured the time offset from a time synchronized PC using
> "ntpdate". A least-squares fit gives a slope of 23.87 s/day.
>
> Any idea why is this?
>
> Cheers
> Daniel
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