[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can someone clarify for me whether "offset" in the NTP world, is > talking about: > > (a) The difference in time between the incorrect time on a local > server, and the correct time on a correct NTP server. > or > (b) The time delay (caused by latency etc) to receive the correct time > from an NTP server. Ie By the time the local server receives the > "correct time", this "correct time" value is now slightly old. > > Remembering that eventlog regularly says "Time set (offset > .5 > second)" > and initially (once) said "Time service corrected the clock error by 63 > seconds". > > Thanks > Nick >
Offset refers to the difference between the local clock and the server's clock. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.isc.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
