On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 11:31 AM, Ask Bjørn Hansen <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Jun 11, 2012, at 19:29, Timothy Oefelein <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 1) What kind of accuracy/precision loss occurs when you run ntpd on an > asymmetrical connection (e.g., DSL). I've read that ntpd makes the > assumption that your connection is symmetrical when calcuating the effects > of network latency. One of my servers is on an ADSL connection, hence the > question. > > As long as the connection isn't loaded so packets get buffered, it is > basically fine. > > *Technically* there will be a longer serialization delay on the upstream of an ADSL connection than on the downstream, but NTP packets are very small so the effect should be very minimal. -Rusty
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