[ntp:questions] Offsets in NTP vs. SNTP
Brian Garrett
mgy1912 at cox.net
Tue Jul 24 21:05:12 UTC 2007
I have never seen this question answered anywhere, so I hope someone here
can either answer, or point me in the right direction in TFM that I didn't R
:)
When I use an SNTP client on my Windows XP box, after one or two settings
the client displays an offset of a few milliseconds (usually <5). However,
if I then immediately check the offset with NTP (using either the NIST app
available on their website or Meinberg's NTP monitor), I get an offset in
the 20-30ms range. Why would the two offsets be different? The delay
hasn't changed. I know the two protocols function differently but they
should still be reading the same time, no?
TIA,
Brian Garrett
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