Mike K Smith wrote:

> Looks like I should be reducing maxpoll. I guess the design of NTP is

As I understand it, the loop time constant determines the poll interval, 
but the poll interval doesn't constrain the loop time constant, so 
reducing maxpoll will not make the system significantly more responsive 
to anything except a complete failure of a time source.

> optimised for clocks with predictable drift rates, and a sudden
> variation in drift rate takes longer to correct.
> 

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