[ntp:questions] different request pattern

David Woolley david at ex.djwhome.demon.co.uk.invalid
Mon Jun 30 20:15:46 UTC 2008


arne_woerner at yahoo.com wrote:

> it when i compare the "offset per second" (ops) to previous ops of

What is "offset per second"?

> 
> then i found that the official ntpd algorithm doesnt propagate false
> tickers to its clients fast enough, so that they start building a

I don't believe you are describing "false tickers" in the NTP sense.  My 
guess is that you are assuming a lower rate of dispersion than NTP 
and/or assuming that the asymmetry of the propagation delays is limited 
to a lot less than 100%.




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