Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-27 Thread Magnus Danielson
On 02/12/2013 08:19 PM, Mike S wrote: On 2/10/2013 6:04 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: You should read TCP/IP as Internet Protocols (notice plural form here). It points to the stack of protocols, Actually, no. IP is Internet Protocol, singular, and is the L3 (mostly - IP predates the ISO/OSI

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-27 Thread Chris Albertson
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: On 02/12/2013 08:19 PM, Mike S wrote: On 2/10/2013 6:04 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: You should read TCP/IP as Internet Protocols (notice plural form No. The best way to pronouncethe slanted bar is over. So

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over poweradapters

2013-02-27 Thread DaveH
:31 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over poweradapters On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 7:02 PM, Magnus Danielson mag...@rubidium.dyndns.org wrote: On 02/12/2013 08:19 PM, Mike S wrote: On 2/10/2013 6:04

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over poweradapters

2013-02-27 Thread Chris Albertson
On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 9:54 PM, DaveH i...@blackmountainforge.com wrote: IP can be run on a lot of different platforms. Check out Request for Comments: 1149 Even better, check out the guys who actually implemented RFC1149. This page has links. http://www.blug.linux.no/rfc1149/ Chris

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-12 Thread Mike S
On 2/10/2013 6:04 PM, Magnus Danielson wrote: You should read TCP/IP as Internet Protocols (notice plural form here). It points to the stack of protocols, Actually, no. IP is Internet Protocol, singular, and is the L3 (mostly - IP predates the ISO/OSI model layers, so IP suite protocols don't

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-12 Thread Bill Hawkins
Thanks for the details, Mike. I read TCP/IP as TCP over IP, because TCP can be used with any data link layer that doesn't guarantee delivery. OTOH, the first book I read about the Internet protocols was titled TCP/IP so there is a tendency to lump then together. I've read that the developers of

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over poweradapters

2013-02-11 Thread Christopher Brown
Ahem! Ethernet over powerline! NOT PoE! The various forms of ether over power are (for practical purposes) a wireless ethernet protocol coupled into the AC wiring. And yes, it is noisy timing wise, for all the same reason that a simplex/shared variable rate 802.11 system is. On 2/10/13

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over

2013-02-11 Thread Dan Kemppainen
On 2/11/2013 10:35 AM, time-nuts-requ...@febo.com wrote: It is unlikely to add much noise. The PoE device only puts a DC bias on the twisted pair. The data signal is differential. It is transformer couple to is pretty much is immune to common mode noise. So even iif the DC bias was noisy I

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over, power adapters

2013-02-11 Thread Joe Leikhim
I use a number of power line switches in my home environment. Primarily Insteon devices which are similar, but much improved version of the X-10 products. For powerline communications, the data bursts are timed with the zero-crossing point of the power line signal. This implies that some

[time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-10 Thread Rob Kimberley
I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask the question, but does anyone have experience of using Ethernet over power line adapters? I have an outside office, and my router is in the house plugged into the phone master socket. I have used two Ethernet over power adapters, one at the router and

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over poweradapters

2013-02-10 Thread David J Taylor
From: Rob Kimberley [] I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask the question, but does anyone have experience of using Ethernet over power line adapters? I have an outside office, and my router is in the house plugged into the phone master socket. I have used two Ethernet over power

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-10 Thread Rob Kimberley
-Original Message- From: time-nuts-boun...@febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of David J Taylor Sent: 10 February 2013 11:39 To: 'Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement' Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over poweradapters

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-10 Thread Chris Albertson
THose power over Ethernet devices work with analog signals and don't evn look at the data packets. All they do is place a DC bias on the twisted pair.Ethernet is always transformer coupled so your routers, switches and computers never see DC. What is your NTP server using for a reference

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-10 Thread Rob Kimberley
Albertson Sent: 10 February 2013 16:15 To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters THose power over Ethernet devices work with analog signals and don't evn look at the data packets. All they do is place a DC

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over poweradapters

2013-02-10 Thread David J Taylor
From: Chris Albertson [] THose power over Ethernet devices work with analog signals and don't evn look at the data packets. All they do is place a DC bias on the twisted pair.Ethernet is always transformer coupled so your routers, switches and computers never see DC. []

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-10 Thread David
The poster is asking about ethernet over power line and not power over ethernet. As you point out, the later should have zero effect on ethernet latency. There are several ethernet over power standards. Latency will include a bridge in each adapter, the effects of a noisy uncontrolled AC power

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-10 Thread James Harrison
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 My gut feeling would be that overall noise/power/length of run etc is going to be a significant factor, too - ie, longer runs or noisier power environments will have an impact. As with all things sensitive, it's best to isolate things - I have yet to

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-10 Thread Bill Hawkins
Rob, One of the common characteristics of power lines is noise. Seems to me that bursts of noise could interrupt the Ethernet signal, causing retries of the transmission. Now, I'm only familiar with SNTP, which uses UDP messages (User Datagram Protocol). The more familiar TCP will retry

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-10 Thread Magnus Danielson
Hi Bill, On 02/10/2013 07:44 PM, Bill Hawkins wrote: P.S. The Meinberg article at their site says that NTP and SNTP both use TCP/IP. I know that SNTP uses UDP/IP, so perhaps they are confused. TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) requires a request/confirm / indication/ /response handshake using

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-10 Thread David
On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:44:57 -0600, Bill Hawkins b...@iaxs.net wrote: Rob, One of the common characteristics of power lines is noise. Seems to me that bursts of noise could interrupt the Ethernet signal, causing retries of the transmission. Now, I'm only familiar with SNTP, which uses UDP

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over power adapters

2013-02-10 Thread Chris Albertson
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 3:49 PM, David davidwh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:44:57 -0600, Bill Hawkins b...@iaxs.net wrote: Rob, One of the common characteristics of power lines is noise. Seems to me that bursts of noise could interrupt the Ethernet signal, causing retries of the

Re: [time-nuts] Possibly off topic - Jitter on Ethernet over poweradapters

2013-02-10 Thread David J Taylor
It is unlikely to add much noise. The PoE device only puts a DC bias on the twisted pair. The data signal is differential. It is transformer couple to is pretty much is immune to common mode noise. So even iif the DC bias was noisy I don't thing it would matter. Chris Albertson Redondo