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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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