[ntp:questions] NNTP server causing large jumps in time

Steve Kostecke kostecke at ntp.org
Thu May 1 19:39:16 UTC 2008


On 2008-05-01, Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:

> Steve Kostecke wrote:
>
>> On 2008-05-01, Richard B. Gilbert <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> wrote:
>>
>>> If you feel you need seven, please consider setting up your own
>>> stratum one server using a GPS timing receiver and making it
>>> available for general use.
>>
>> There's no such requirement for public time server users.
>
> I did not say or even suggest that it was a requirement! I merely
> suggested doing so if he felt that as many as seven servers were
> required.

Why does the use of seven servers instead of six, or five, or four,
create some implied obligation to rush out and purchase a GPS?

Oh, and is eight right out?

-- 
Steve Kostecke <kostecke at ntp.org>
NTP Public Services Project - http://support.ntp.org/




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