[ntp:questions] ntpdate works, but ntpd doesn't (reach = 0)

Martin Burnicki martin.burnicki at meinberg.de
Fri Feb 13 11:03:33 UTC 2009


Unruh wrote:
> "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88 at comcast.net> writes:
[...]
>>I think that the design goal was accuracy rather than speed of
>>synchronization.
> 
> Chrony demonstrates that greater accuracy than ntp offers together with
> far far greater speed is possible. If the design goal was accuracy, it
> failed. It was not. It was accuracy using the simplest possible Markovian
> feedback design, which means that it has to both be less accurate and far
> slower than the ideal.
> 
> 
>>If your situation is such that you need to reboot frequently you may
>>have to live with time correct to the nearest second rather than to the
>>nearest millisecond!
> 
> Or run chrony if you have linux.

Again, agreed ...

Martin
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