Re: ntp in python

2006-08-30 Thread Jeremy Sanders
Janto Dreijer wrote: Maybe I'd be better off writing my own implementation that synchronises the two pc clocks. Any hints? :-) I think you might read up on how ntp synchronises clocks (their website is very thorough), and use their algorithm. It is supposed to be very robust algorithm. I saw

Re: ntp in python

2006-08-29 Thread Jeremy Sanders
Janto Dreijer wrote: I want to measure the packet delivery delays over various network links. For this I need to synchronise the times of the sender and receiver, either against NTP or eachother. Couldn't you just use NTP itself to get the delivery delay? You can read the delay out from the

Re: ntp in python

2006-08-29 Thread Sander Steffann
Hi, I want to measure the packet delivery delays over various network links. For this I need to synchronise the times of the sender and receiver, either against NTP or eachother. Maybe you can contact RIPE. They have test-boxes for exactly these kind of tests. I know AMS-IX uses them to

Re: ntp in python

2006-08-29 Thread Janto Dreijer
Jeremy Sanders wrote: Janto Dreijer wrote: I want to measure the packet delivery delays over various network links. For this I need to synchronise the times of the sender and receiver, either against NTP or eachother. Couldn't you just use NTP itself to get the delivery delay? You can

Re: ntp in python

2006-08-29 Thread Janto Dreijer
Janto Dreijer wrote: Jeremy Sanders wrote: Janto Dreijer wrote: I want to measure the packet delivery delays over various network links. For this I need to synchronise the times of the sender and receiver, either against NTP or eachother. Couldn't you just use NTP itself to get