** Reply to message from jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx> on Tue, 06 Apr 2004 21:06:13 -0400 > On Tue, 2004-04-06 at 18:56, Brian Bober wrote: > > Janthao wrote: > > > I'm not sure if this is a problem with my machine or with the > > > timeserver. Does anybody else have problems with clock.redhat.com? > > > > > Yes, I have that problem too, but only last couple days. > > If I remember, the ntp README, ntp protocol allows for the server to > ignore requests when heavily loaded (drop packets, sound familiar?). In > which event your machine ntpd will time out and try later at random > intervals. > Also in heavy traffic, if the sample jitter your machine receives is > more than 128mS over three seconds, the samples are discarded. > See the ntp README also man 1 ntpd It times out, you can't even ping it. -- Regards, Erik P. Olsen
