[ntp:questions] NTPD can take 10 hours to achieve stability
C BlacK
rblak at non.net
Tue Apr 19 11:10:39 UTC 2011
I am talking about the cheep crystal oscillator in the local x86 computer.
Chip
On 04/18/2011 05:54 PM, C BlacK wrote:
> On 04/17/2011 10:58 PM, C BlacK wrote:
>> Why would it take ntpd ten hours to achieve its accuracy? Can this be explained in laymans terms and
>> mathematically
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>>>> Absolutely normal! NTPD can sometimes need up to ten hours to achieve
>>>> the accuracy it is capable of.
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>
> Thanks for all the great answers. Now for a harder question, how does the accuracy of the local clock source
> affect the accuracy of ntpd.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Chip
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