On 6/16/2010 5:22 PM, Maarten Wiltink wrote: > "Marcelo Pimenta" <marcelopiment...@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:aanlktilq6m8apeoasibr-o8mhwifqkfv9xyf6mudr...@mail.gmail.com... > > [...] >> The NTP algorithm is much more complicated than the SNTP algorithm. > > The short, short version: there is no SNTP algorithm. SNTP is NTP > _without_ the algorithms. Using NTP means continuously adjusting the > speed of your clock so it tracks real time as best you can make it, > while SNTP is simply asking what time [they think] it is.
This is a totally inaccurate statement. See RFC 5905 Section 14. SNTP is merely a subset of the full NTP protocol. An SNTP server is one with it's own refclock and not dependent on any other upstream servers while and SNTP client is one with a single upstream server and no dependent clients. An SNTP client or an SNTP server should be disciplining the clock in the same way as an NTP server. An SNTP server should continuously adjust the speed of your clock otherwise it's not SNTP compliant. Danny _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions