On Sat, 4 Jul 2009, Gerry Creager wrote:
I think I could support a sanity check for a decent NTP server, and argue
infavor of a server check. If not NIST, then to something that's no worse
than a Stratum 2 time server. I'd make it a big, ugly warning (and not fail
out), and see if we couldn't build some improved performance.
Agree. I'm a Stratum 2 on my campus, and all is well. Not looking for
millisecond accuracy here...but would. Why I am suggesting this at all?
Gerry nails it to the wall and staples it:
Time stamping on Level II data's been a problem since the first days it was
introduced in this current networking format. I hoped it'd get better and
have lobbied for the few additional checks it'd take, but it's not gotten
better.
Correct. If NOAA/NWS are not willing to use an outside time
server, then they need to maintain a time server within it.
All of us on the IDD do that relay data.
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