[ntp:questions] Bug 2341 - ntpd fails to keep up with clock drift at poll>7

Harlan Stenn stenn at ntp.org
Mon Dec 2 20:10:25 UTC 2013


Brian Inglis writes:

> When I ran current stable under Win 7 with only network servers I
> found I had to drop minpoll to 4 (default is 6) so iburst would
> quickly get a good offset and pull drift down from initial
> out-to-lunch estimate compared to drift file contents.

This is strange - iburst sends its polls at 2 second intervals, and with
a good drift file will sync the clock in about 11 seconds' time.

Dropping minpoll from 6 to 4 should only help if the initial conditions
are "off" enough that the initial iburst volley didn't match up with
things like the stored drift value.

H


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