>That was what he said "worst case initial error" He should have said >127.999msec though I think:-) > >Actually it is NOT the worst case scenario. Try a drift which is seriously >off instead. That takes much longer to settle down. First ntp has to notice >that the drift is off, and then has to start correcting it. Thus a drift of >say 200PPM (500 would be a worst case, but ntp cannot correct a 500PPM >drift so there is no point in going there) will take quite a bit longer to >correct (should take about twice as long to first go through zero).
I think the worst case drift error is 2*500 PPM. You can have -500 in the drift file when the value should be +500. -- These are my opinions, not necessarily my employer's. I hate spam. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
