[ntp:questions] Speed of ntp convergence

Hal Murray hal-usenet at ip-64-139-1-69.sjc.megapath.net
Sat Nov 1 22:32:34 UTC 2008


>> Try switching it off, changing the value int he drift file by say
>> 50PPM and
>> then switching it on again, and see how long it takes to recover from
>> that.

>Why would I do that?  The drift values rarely change by more than five, 
>certainly not by 50.  If you are seeing a change of 50, then perhaps that 
>it part of your problem?

A big step like that makes it easy to see how the system responds.
At least if it's a linear system. :)

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