[ntp:questions] time.windows.com
David L. Mills
mills at udel.edu
Tue Oct 9 23:42:54 UTC 2007
Guys,
Goaded by an earlier comment that the Windows default time server
time.windows.com was flawed, I cranked up an association and here's what
happened. First, it now does the client/server protocol correctly.
Second, the packet drop rate is over 50 percent(!). Third, it is not a
primary serer; it chimes a primary server at MIT synchronized by CDMA.
Fourth, the roundtrip delay from Delaware is over 150 ms, which as the
net flies is further than Alaska. The time is not too bad, about +-7 ms
with jitter occasionally over 200 ms(!).
I'm happy to find this behavior. It's hard to find behavior as bad as
this to test the NTP mitigation algorithms. The clock filter algorithm
and popcorn spike suppressor work really well to sift +-7 ms in 200-ms
jitter.
Dave
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