Re: Simple Network Time Protocol (SNTP)

["M. Lazarus" <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx>]

Bruce,

At 5/14/02 02:29 PM, you wrote:
>A key question though for SNTP, as an application, is which clock (system
>vs software) is being maintained.  There are various SNTP implementations
>available on iSeries, and some update the system clock; others update the
>software clock.  In the case of the SNTP client provided in OS/400 with
>V5R1 the clock being maintained is the software clock.  In the case of the
>SNTP client provided by the Custom Technology Center the clock being
>maintained is the system clock.

1)  Why are there 2 separate clocks?
2)  When are they out of synch?

  -mark