Dave Baxter wrote: > The NTP problem, is because my ISP (Demon) has been bought out by C&W, > and they are continualy messing with the network. Resulting in ping > latences of nearly 2 seconds at times during the day. Even worse, that > varies ping to ping, so what chance protocols like NTP? When I first > found the problem, and (after checking all my kit) contacted their > support peeps, they asked "What's NTP?". > > I'm not the only one affected, others are too, perhaps to a much lesser > extent, and also in different ways.
Ping uses ICMP and it is possible that they will block them while NTP uses UDP and would not normally be blocked though with ISP's you never know. Your best bet, given the circumstances, is to get a refclock and install it on one of your systems. That at least will ensure that you have good time synchronization. There are a number of people in the UK like Dave Taylor, Dave Woolley, Jonathan Buzzard, etc. who run refclocks and can give you a better idea of what one would cost there and how to set them up. You might want to consider that route. Danny -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
