Hello all, in all my delving into the NTP documentation I have not been able to find out how the following setup would behave:
Suppose I have one machine getting time from a GPS receiver, declaring itself stratum 3 (not 1, because the actual data transport is rather unconventional, and PPS is not used). It serves several other machines, which also serve each other to maintain a common time base. Now, if GPS reception goes away for a length of time, the server will declare itself stratum 13. The system clock drift cannot be estimated well (because it is outside, and subject to temperature changes). Therefore, when GPS comes on again, a hefty difference is likely. Will the former clients accept the server again, when it is stepping? Will they accept it, if it is only slewing, but for a long time? If they don't, is there any way to make them do so again? I am greatly looking forward to any insight you can give me! Bye, Jörg _______________________________________________ questions mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ntp.org/listinfo/questions
