[ntp:questions] How do I prevent sudden system time jumps.

Hal Murray hal-usenet at ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net
Wed Jul 13 21:44:40 UTC 2011


> OK.  I asked since a timewarp of 200ms is a bit surprising for real HW,
> but is something to be expected if you were running in a VM.

It's easy to get a time-warp of 200 ms on a DSL link.  Just download
a huge file, say a CD.  The queuing delay on the input to the DSL
link turns into asymmetrical delays.  I've seen delays up to 3.5 seconds.

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