"Uwe Klein" <uwe_klein_habertwedt at t-online.de> wrote in message news:9jds94-757.ln1 at robert.houseofmax.de... <disconnecting a server> > Does ntpd follow this deterioration in any way? No. It can't. (It now has only itself as a reference. Itself is what it should be comparing _to_.) Groetjes, Maarten Wiltink