In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] says... > G8KBV wrote: > > Wonder if this will get posed, or returned to me.. > > As far as I know, Google groups rejects synchronously. A direct NNTP > client certainly would. > > > > So... I'm about to try a couple of Windows "solutions" > > (opportunities) One the "Tardis" program, that would appear > > Unless you are using an MS-DOS based Windows (ME was the last) I can see > no point whatsoever in using a shareware program with unknown internals > when the official version of NTP is available as open source! There is > no certainty about the internals of Tardis, but it is quite likely no > better than recent versions of w32time (when configured properly, rather > than out of the box) which has been supplied, bundled with NT based > versions of Windows, for many years. w32time doesn't support local > reference clocks, or PPS. > > The prime designer of ntpd is a radio amateur. >
:-) Nice to know!... Thanks for lots to think about David. Yes, for Faros, I'm locked into Windows. I have thought about virtualising things, but I also know Faros *Needs* almost direct control of the soundcard to get good timing information as to when a signal arrives. The NTP problem, is because my ISP (Demon) has been bought out by C&W, and they are continualy messing with the network. Resulting in ping latences of nearly 2 seconds at times during the day. Even worse, that varies ping to ping, so what chance protocols like NTP? When I first found the problem, and (after checking all my kit) contacted their support peeps, they asked "What's NTP?". I'm not the only one affected, others are too, perhaps to a much lesser extent, and also in different ways. Anyway, lots here (NTP wise) to digest and think about. Many thanks. Dave B G0WBX. _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ntp.org/mailman/listinfo/questions
