Gotcha. There's no hidden agenda though, the purpose is to replace an old and proprietary system (QoSMetrics) which is being used to measure these OWD's and do monthly reports about the quality of the links being measured. QoSMetrics used QTP, a proprietary time protocol.
So, although that is a good question, and a pertinent one for the matter (how do you measure OWD when the only source of timing is over the network you are measuring), it is not the core of the project in hands. On Saturday, October 27, 2012 5:46:54 PM UTC+1, David Woolley wrote: > pret3n...@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > > > David Woolley is right, the project is about making the measurements, > > > although I don't like the idea of doing them blindly, without > > > knowing how to interpret the results. I won't have time to > > > investigate the deeps of NTP, but I do want to know the basics, > > > as that's one of the objectives of my thesis. > > > > I think you misunderstood my point. Your project is effectively, how do > > you measure one way delay when the only source of timing is over the > > network you are studying. It is not what are the one way delays in the > > particular network you mention. > > > > You can only properly do that with a deep understanding of the > > protocols, as you are going to have to look for second order effects > > that may allow you to recover information that wouldn't be recoverable > > if they system only showed first order effects. > > > > I don't know the exact context in which the project brief was given, but > > it is even possible that you were expected to realise this yourself. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list questions@lists.ntp.org http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions