On Feb 23, 6:12 pm, Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote: > The crystal on the computer motherboard. > > At the most basic level, the purpose of NTP is to compute that offset > you see. That is the offset between the clock on the computer's > motherboard and a perfect clock. The offset value will change with > temperature. Try watching it for 24 hours or maybe partially block > the computer fan and see what happens in an hour. NTP keeps > recomputing the offset as your computer's clock changes with > temperature or just with age. > > (I think you meant "Satellites __transmitting__ the GPS signal") > > Chris Albertson > Redondo Beach, California
Chris: Thanks. I needed that NTP 101 lesson. So is it a stretch to try and obtain a quality motherboard to improve the frequency offset? _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
