Yo Chris! On Wed, 15 Feb 2017 23:55:02 -0800 Chris Albertson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 11:48 PM, Chris Albertson > <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 10:30 PM, Ruslan Nabioullin > > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 02/15/2017 01:17 PM, Chris Albertson wrote: > >>> > >>> Why set up a dedicated NTP server if you only have two computers > >>> that will use it? Your server will be accurate to a few > >>> microseconds but your two computers will only by good to a few > >>> milliseconds because ethernet is not nearly as good as PPS. > >> > >> > >> Well Ethernet can be *extremely* accurate if PTP is used (a > >> whitepaper specifies <= 100 ns accuracy if the LAN is optimized > >> for it). > > But PTP requires special hardware. You may not have this. No, PTP works optimally with special hardware, it can work with any ethernet port. I will give you that software mode PTP is no more accurate than plain NTPv4. RGDS GARY --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary E. Miller Rellim 109 NW Wilmington Ave., Suite E, Bend, OR 97703 [email protected] Tel:+1 541 382 8588 Veritas liberabit vos. -- Quid est veritas? "If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it." - Lord Kelvin _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
