[ntp:questions] What level of timesynch error is typical onWinXP?

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David L. Mills wrote:
> > I don't think that is right. The adjtime() call can be in
> >  principle anything, accoridng to the Solaris and FreeBSD
> >  man pages, but the rate of adjustment is fixed at 500 PPM
> >  in the Unix implementation.  If the Linux argument is
> >  limited to 500 microseconds, Linux is essentially unusable
> >  with NTP.  I would be surprised if this were the case.

<http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/maverick/man8/adjtimex.8.html>

 --force-adjust
  Override the sanity check that prevents changing the clock
   rate by more than 500 ppm.

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