Re: [ntp:questions] What is the "best" synchronization possible over the network?

2009-03-10 Thread ask
eugene...@sbcglobal.net wrote: > On Feb 10, 5:30 pm, n...@tla.org (John Ioannidis) wrote: > > The problem setup: two locations, both within the United States, neither > > has roof access so no GPS reception is possible.  How do you synchronize > > them with better than 50-microsecond accuracy?   >

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the "best" synchronization possible over the network?

2009-03-03 Thread Hal Murray
>Actually, 50E6 seconds is 578 days. It's not out of the question to >have a third clock always sync-ed to GPS, fed off a 48V battery, and >drive it to the data centers twice a year to slave the local oscillators. Thanks for catching my fat-finger. Yes, that's what I was fishing for. -- The

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the "best" synchronization possible over the network?

2009-02-12 Thread John Ioannidis
Hal Murray wrote: > In article <49920e17.6050...@tla.org>, > n...@tla.org (John Ioannidis) writes: >> The problem setup: two locations, both within the United States, neither >> has roof access so no GPS reception is possible. How do you synchronize >> them with better than 50-microsecond accur

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the "best" synchronization possible over the network?

2009-02-12 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
Hal Murray wrote: > In article <49920e17.6050...@tla.org>, > n...@tla.org (John Ioannidis) writes: >> The problem setup: two locations, both within the United States, neither >> has roof access so no GPS reception is possible. How do you synchronize >> them with better than 50-microsecond accur

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the "best" synchronization possible over the network?

2009-02-12 Thread Hal Murray
In article <49920e17.6050...@tla.org>, n...@tla.org (John Ioannidis) writes: >The problem setup: two locations, both within the United States, neither >has roof access so no GPS reception is possible. How do you synchronize >them with better than 50-microsecond accuracy? Straight NTP over the

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the "best" synchronization possible over the network?

2009-02-11 Thread Unruh
n...@tla.org (John Ioannidis) writes: >The problem setup: two locations, both within the United States, neither >has roof access so no GPS reception is possible. How do you synchronize What about window access? And since you have money, I am sure that your building does have a roof. Stick a c

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the "best" synchronization possible over the network?

2009-02-10 Thread Richard B. Gilbert
John Ioannidis wrote: > The problem setup: two locations, both within the United States, neither > has roof access so no GPS reception is possible. How do you synchronize > them with better than 50-microsecond accuracy? Straight NTP over the > Internet doesn't do the trick. They don't need to

Re: [ntp:questions] What is the "best" synchronization possible over the network?

2009-02-10 Thread eugenemil
On Feb 10, 5:30 pm, n...@tla.org (John Ioannidis) wrote: > The problem setup: two locations, both within the United States, neither > has roof access so no GPS reception is possible.  How do you synchronize > them with better than 50-microsecond accuracy?   You might want to consider a CDMA receiv

[ntp:questions] What is the "best" synchronization possible over the network?

2009-02-10 Thread John Ioannidis
The problem setup: two locations, both within the United States, neither has roof access so no GPS reception is possible. How do you synchronize them with better than 50-microsecond accuracy? Straight NTP over the Internet doesn't do the trick. They don't need to actually be synchronized to