[ntp:questions] Re: New NTP version for Windows with GUI setupavailable

David J Taylor david-taylor at blueyonder.co.not-this-bit.nor-this-part.uk.invalid
Sat Jan 7 07:07:44 UTC 2006


Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
> Danny Mayer wrote:
>
>> Richard B. Gilbert wrote:
>>
>>
>>> My point was that, in a properly working system, ntpd should not
>>> need to "reset" the clock once it has been synchronized.  Let's
>>> look at reasons why this might happen:
>>> a.  ntpd selected a new server for synchronization.  The selected
>>> server's time differed from the client's by more than the step
>>> threshold.
>>
>> Informational. The new server is neither right nor wrong, just a
>> different one and was different by a large enough amount.
>>
>>
>>
> If two of the servers I am using ever differ by 128 milliseconds, I
> think I ought to know about it.   I would then consider replacing one
> or even both of them.  Whichever one was wrong, I would not want to
> rely on if I really needed to know the correct time!

Agreed!
There should be no need for a step when any of my systems is operating 
normally.

David 





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