Yo Chris!
On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:55:02 -0800
Chris Albertson <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 11:48 PM, Chris Albertson
> <albertson.ch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Ruslan Nabioullin
> > <rnabioul...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 02/15/2017 01:17 PM, Chris Albertson wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Why set up a dedicated NTP server if you only have two computers
> >>> that will use it? Your server will be accurate to a few
> >>> microseconds but your two computers will only by good to a few
> >>> milliseconds because ethernet is not nearly as good as PPS.
> >>
> >>
> >> Well Ethernet can be *extremely* accurate if PTP is used (a
> >> whitepaper specifies <= 100 ns accuracy if the LAN is optimized
> >> for it).
>
> But PTP requires special hardware. You may not have this.
No, PTP works optimally with special hardware, it can work with any
ethernet port.
I will give you that software mode PTP is no more accurate than
plain NTPv4.
RGDS
GARY
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