Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 13:52:00 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: "Garrett A. Wollman" <wollman@lcs.mit.edu> Cc: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>, questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: delays in ppp solved Message-ID: <199601172052.NAA09216@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <9601172017.AA23244@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> References: <199601161717.KAA08693@intele.net> <Pine.Sola.3.91.960117140412.21531A-100000@chicago> <199601171942.MAA09000@rocky.sri.MT.net> <9601172017.AA23244@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
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> Actually, it's much more significant that modem compression > dramatically increases jitter. Don't expect NTP to keep good time > when connected over a compressed serial line. Since I don't have any need for super-accurate time, (as wel as most folks at the end of remote links) it's not a big issue. I find that when I run ntp (once/week at the most), I'm rarely more than 1-2 seconds off. And, as you say some of that may be due to jitter. Nate
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