[ntp:questions] NTPD can take 10 hours to achieve stability

unruh unruh at wormhole.physics.ubc.ca
Mon Apr 18 22:49:16 UTC 2011


On 2011-04-18, C BlacK <rblak at non.net> wrote:
> On 04/17/2011 10:58 PM, C BlacK wrote:
>> Why would it take ntpd ten hours to achieve its accuracy?  Can this be explained in laymans terms and
>> mathematically
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>>>
>>>> Absolutely normal!  NTPD can sometimes need up to ten hours to achieve 
>>>> the accuracy it is capable of.
>>>>
>>>
>> 
>
> Thanks for all the great answers.  Now for a harder question, how does the accuracy of the local clock source
> affect the accuracy of ntpd.

What local clock source? 

>
> Thanks
>
>
> Chip




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