Subject: Re: ntpd: 512 PPM exceeds tolerance
To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com>
From: rudolf <netbsd@eq.cz>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 08/15/2005 03:12:17
Chuck Swiger wrote:
> It means your clock doesn't keep time consistently, so ntpd has to 
> recalibrate by stepping the clock rather than skewing it gradually to 
> keep "correct time".
> 
> The situation is safe so long as ntpd can talk to other timeservers to 
> keep correcting things.  If you lost that connectivity, your system time 
> would drift significantly compared to what is normally expected...
> 

Ok, I'll keep an eye on it.

Thanks!

r.