On 2011-04-18, David L. Mills <mi...@udel.edu> wrote: > C., > > It doesn't take ten hours; it takes five/ten minutes. See the online > documentation release notes for recent NTP development versions at > www.ntp.org.
I must admit I tested an earlier version and I am glad that things are improving. However, do the following test. While ntpd is running, use adjtimex to change the system clock rate by say 20PPM. Watch the errors and see how long it takes to settle down to the original accuracy. > > Dave > > C BlacK wrote: > >>Why would it take ntpd ten hours to achieve its accuracy? Can this be >>explained in laymans terms and >>mathematically >> >> >> >> >> >>>>Absolutely normal! NTPD can sometimes need up to ten hours to achieve >>>>the accuracy it is capable of. >>>> >>>> >>>> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>questions mailing list >>questions@lists.ntp.org >>http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions >> >> _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
