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Date:	Sun, 28 Oct 2001 23:24:32 PDT
From:	Sheridan George <s-geo@usa.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: nistime ? ntp107 ?

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Peter Skye wrote:
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> Since it's clock-change time, I figured I'd check out some of the ntp
> clients I don't use. Two of them (nistime.exe and ntp.exe) didn't work
> properly here:
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> 6. os2ntp is what I usually run, and it's still the most accurate. It
> uses a phase locked loop and samples as many time servers as you want,
> which gives extremely high accuracy once it's synchronized. The problem
> with it (and the reason I'm testing the other ntp clients) is that it
> automatically adjusts for Daylight Saving time _but_ the phase locked
> loop takes a while to settle down when it's suddenly hit with a 1-hour
> error (undamped oscillations result).
>
That is what I use and it took only 10 min. to get to "no local clock correction necessary".

Sheridan

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