Chris Davies - NTP Manager wrote: > David J Taylor wrote: >> Very expensive. Oh and it does /not/ provide NTP, just SNTP. > > Interesting. The first sentence describes the Cuckoo as, "an SNTP time > server, > designed to give accurate and precise times to every machine on your > network" > (which is a bit of an oxymoron, really, but no matter yet). However, in the > features list it, "Provides NTP, TIME, and DAYTIME network time protocols". > > Out of curiousity, is your statement regarding support (or otherwise) of > NTP > based on your interpretation of the information provided on the Cuckoo > pages, or > from a specific follow-up enquiry?
Chris Davies - NTP Manager wrote: > David J Taylor wrote: >> Very expensive. Oh and it does /not/ provide NTP, just SNTP. > > Interesting. The first sentence describes the Cuckoo as, "an SNTP time > server, > designed to give accurate and precise times to every machine on your > network" > (which is a bit of an oxymoron, really, but no matter yet). However, in the > features list it, "Provides NTP, TIME, and DAYTIME network time protocols". > > Out of curiousity, is your statement regarding support (or otherwise) of > NTP > based on your interpretation of the information provided on the Cuckoo > pages, or > from a specific follow-up enquiry? > > Thanks, > Chris > _______________________________________________ > timekeepers mailing list > [email protected] > https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers > Beware: I work for a competitor and therefore I am highly biased :-) Well, in the "Cuckoo FAQ" you can read "Cuckoo is an SNTP (Simple Network Time Protocol) server. Simply stated, this means that Cuckoo delivers the same timestamps used by any other NTP or SNTP client software, but does not consult with other NTP servers first. Instead, Cuckoo gets its time directly from the Global Positioning System, better known as GPS." When they refer to the "NTP protocol" they mean exactly that (the network protocol, which is also used by SNTP). You should be able to get a solution much cheaper than this box and much more accurate and stable (hey, they are really using a scale of 2000 to -500 ms on their offset measurement chart??) by simply using an old PC or something like that, a cheap GPS receiver and invest max. 1 hour of time for installing one of the numerous free operating systems like Linux or FreeBSD. And all that for a quarter of the mentioned price... So, if you know how to install FreeBSD and NTP, you can save 600 Bucks here :-) Kind regards, Heiko -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *MEINBERG Funkuhren* Auf der Landwehr 22 D-31812 Bad Pyrmont, Germany Tel.: ++49 (0)5281 9309-25 Fax: ++49 (0)5281 9309-30 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Internet: www.meinberg.de <http://www.meinberg.de/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Meinberg radio clocks: 25 years of accurate time worldwide _______________________________________________ timekeepers mailing list [email protected] https://fortytwo.ch/mailman/cgi-bin/listinfo/timekeepers
