In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chris Adams) wrote:
> (e.g. how can the offset from "true" be calculated)? It can't. If it could, ntpd would compensate for it, with the result that it would be reduced to a level where it couldn't be calculated. Normally, finding any systematic offset would require the temporary use of a time source that was better than your normal time sources. As I think you are using USB, which is likely to have a significant impact, you would also need to bypass this, either by temporarily feeding the system with time through a route with lower latency, or by outputting the system's idea of the time through a low latency route and comparing it outside of the system. The best you can get from the figures is the variability around any systematic error. This does assume that the ntpd algorithm is optimal. -- Chris Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
